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00:02This morning, President Trump can claim a big win in Georgia after the candidate he backed for U.S. Senate
00:08cruised to victory in Tuesday's Republican primary.
00:11Congressman Mike Collins defeated former football coach Derek Dooley, the candidate backed by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp.
00:18The result sets up one of the marquee Senate races of the midterms, with Collins now turning his attention to
00:24Democratic Senator John Ossoff in November.
00:26Y'all know what the mission is, is to put a Republican in that seat and get rid of that
00:31John Ossoff in November, return this seat to the people of Georgia.
00:36But Georgia voters did not follow Trump's lead everywhere.
00:40In the race to succeed Kemp, billionaire businessman Rick Jackson defeated Trump-backed Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones in the Republican
00:47runoff.
00:48Jackson spent more than $100 million of his own money on the campaign and will now face former Atlanta mayor
00:54Keisha Lance Bottoms.
00:55Meanwhile, in Alabama, Trump-backed Congressman Barry Moore, won the Republican Senate runoff to replace Tommy Tuberville, who's running for
01:04governor.
01:04In Oklahoma, Congressman Kevin Hearn won the GOP Senate primary, putting him on track to succeed Mark Wayne Mullen after
01:12his move to the Department of Homeland Security earlier this year.
01:16In California, the special election to fill embattled Congressman Eric Swalwell's seat will go to a runoff.
01:22Senator Ayesha Wahab is leading the pack with more than 40 percent of the vote.
01:27It is not yet clear who she'll face in the runoff.

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