Mike Collins supporters gather for election results

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Mike Collins supporters gather for election results

Supporters of Georgia Republican U.S. senate candidate Mike Collins gather as election results come in.

U.S. Rep. Mike Collins is seen after finishing his speech at his election-night watch party at the Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
(Miguel Martinez/AJC)

U.S. Rep. Mike Collins speaks to his supporters at his election-night watch party at the Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. “We don’t win today; that’s okay. It was an honor to serve the best president of the U.S., Donald Trump,” Collins said. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

U.S. Rep. Mike Collins greets supporters after finishing his speech at his election-night watch party at the Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

U.S. Rep. Mike Collins’ wife, Leigh Ann Collins, looks on as her husband greets a supporter after finishing his speech at his election-night watch party at the Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

A group of supporters stayed to watch U.S. Rep. Mike Collins’ speech as he accepted defeat during his election-night watch party at the Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

Supporters are seen not paying attention to the screen where numbers show Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Sen. Jon Ossoff with a big lead against U.S. Rep. Mike Collins during Collins' election night watch party at the Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, in Atlanta. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

U.S. Rep. Mike Collins walks onto the stage as he awaits supporters for a photo op after finishing his speech at his election-night watch party at the Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

U.S. Rep. Mike Collins greets supporters after finishing his speech at his election-night watch party at the Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

U.S. Rep. Mike Collins greets supporters after finishing his speech at his election-night watch party at the Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

U.S. Rep. Clay Fuller, R-Rome, left, speaks with the president of the Georgia Republican Assembly, Nathaniel Darnell, during U.S. Rep. Mike Collins’ election-night watch party at the Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, in Atlanta. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

U.S. Rep. Mike Collins waves to his supporters as he finishes his speech at his election-night watch party at the Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

U.S. Rep. Mike Collins walks to the stage to address his supporters at his election-night watch party at the Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center on Tuesday, November 3, 2026 (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

U.S. Rep. Mike Collins and his wife, Leigh Ann Collins, prepare to leave the ballroom at the conclusion of his election-night watch party at the Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

U.S. Rep. Mike Collins leaves the stage after finishing his speech at his election-night watch party at the Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

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U.S. Rep. Mike Collins is seen after finishing his speech at his election-night watch party at the Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

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