The person behind the name
Mike Collins came to Congress from the cab of a truck and the boardroom of a company he built, and in two terms he has been the primary sponsor of two bills that became law. He now asks Georgia to send him to the Senate.
Michael Allen Collins Jr. was born in 1967 and, by his official biography, was born, raised and still lives in Jackson, Georgia. He and his wife, Leigh Ann, have three grown children. He was first elected to the U.S. House from Georgia’s Tenth District in 2022 and has served since January 2023. On May 19, 2026 he finished first in a five-candidate Republican primary for the Senate with 369,642 votes, 40.5 percent, and on June 16 he won the runoff against Derek Dooley with 390,174 votes to 312,339, 55.5 percent. He faces Senator Jon Ossoff, who was unopposed in the Democratic primary with 1,042,331 votes, on November 3. [3][5][7][1][2]
Education and professional preparation
His official biography reports a business degree from Georgia State University; neither the official nor the campaign biography gives the year. The Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress lists a B.B.A. from Georgia State University in 1990. The official biography says he and Leigh Ann started a trucking company in the early 1990s that “has grown to employ more than 100 Georgians and hauls freight all over America,” that he served on the board and as chairman of one of Georgia’s largest credit unions and that he was president of his local chamber of commerce. The campaign biography adds that he started his first trucking business at 25, “starting out with one semi-truck,” that he has led three businesses, and that he chaired the boards of Georgia’s Associated Credit Union and the Georgia Motor Trucking Association and was president of the Butts County Chamber of Commerce. Company names, revenues and current ownership were not part of this review. [3][12][87]
Two runs for the Tenth District
Collins first sought the seat in 2014. He finished second in the Republican primary with 17,143 votes to Jody Hice’s 17,408 and lost the July runoff, 22,684 to 26,975. Eight years later, with the seat open, he led an eight-candidate primary with 28,741 votes (25.6 percent), beat Vernon Jones in the runoff 30,536 to 10,469 (74.5 percent) and won the general election with 198,523 votes, 64.5 percent. In 2024 he was unopposed in the primary and was re-elected with 256,442 votes, 63.1 percent. [27][28][29][30][31][33][32]
In the House
In the 119th Congress he sits on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, on the Committee on Natural Resources, where he is vice chair of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and on the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. The campaign biography says House leadership named him to the Whip Team. Congress.gov counts 30 sponsored and 395 cosponsored measures; GovTrack records him as primary sponsor of two enacted laws and as having missed 23 of 1,900 roll-call votes, 1.2 percent, from January 2023 through September 2026. [4][11][12][5][6]
The Senate campaign
He announced for the Senate on July 28, 2025 with a statement that Ossoff “has voted to raise taxes on Georgia families, supercharge inflation, open our Southern Border, and allow men to play in women’s sports.” The campaign brands him “Georgia’s Conservative Workhorse,” says he has supported President Trump “since the 2016 Primary,” and says that in 2024 he campaigned in ten congressional districts for Republican candidates; the last two are the campaign’s own descriptions. Its home page states the case in his voice: “Georgia needs a U.S. Senator who has worked for a living, created jobs, and has taken on the tough fights to do what’s right.” His first general-election television ad, released August 24, 2026, opens with him in front of his 18-wheeler: “As a trucker, I couldn’t talk all day and never deliver. But that’s what Jon Ossoff does.” [15][12][79][22]
A note on the family count. The official House biography says he and Leigh Ann have three grown children and four grandchildren; the campaign biography, modified in July 2026, names the children as Dakota, Dylan and Summer and counts six grandchildren. The pages were written at different times; this profile reports both as stated. [3][12]
Life & public service
From a single semi-truck to a Senate nomination, the documented milestones show how the record was built.
Accomplishments, in the record
Roll calls, bill records and official pages establish the following work. Outcomes are described at the level those records support, with shared credit where the measure was carried by others.
The Laken Riley Act
Collins introduced H.R. 7511 on March 1, 2024; it passed the House 251–170 on March 7. He reintroduced it as H.R. 29 on the first day of the 119th Congress, and it passed 264–159 on January 7, 2025. The Senate acted on its own bill, S. 5, which the House passed 263–156 on January 22, 2025. GovTrack lists the Laken Riley Act as one of two bills he sponsored that were enacted; the campaign says it was the first bill President Trump signed in his second term. [9][35][36][6][12]
The campaign describes the law as one that “requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain and deport illegal aliens who commit theft, burglary, larceny, shoplifting, assault against police officers, and crimes that result in serious bodily harm or death,” and claims it “has already resulted in the deportation of more than 20,000 criminal illegal aliens.” The deportation figure is a campaign claim that this review did not measure. [17][23]
The TRANQ Research Act
H.R. 1734, his first bill, passed the House under suspension of the rules 425–0 on May 11, 2023 and was signed into law on December 19, 2023, in the Biden administration. It is the one bill in the 118th Congress that GovTrack credits to him as enacted. [34][9][8]
The PERMIT Act and a small-business AI bill through the House
Two more of his bills have passed the House without becoming law: H.R. 3898, the PERMIT Act, which passed 221–205 on December 11, 2025, and H.R. 3679, the Small Business Artificial Intelligence Advancement Act, which passed on February 23, 2026 after an earlier version was reported from committee in the 118th Congress. The campaign says the PERMIT Act “is now in the Senate.” [49][9][13]
A subcommittee gavel in his second term
The Clerk’s member data lists him as chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment and vice chair of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. GovTrack’s 2024 report card counted two subcommittee leadership positions at the end of the 118th Congress and ranked him the third top leader among House freshmen by its cosponsorship measure. [11][4][8]
Attendance and ideology, measured
Collins missed 23 of 1,900 roll-call votes from January 2023 to September 2026 (1.2 percent, better than the 2.1 percent median), and 9 of 1,241 in the 118th Congress. Voteview’s DW-NOMINATE score places him at 0.680 on the conservative–liberal dimension; among House Republicans that ranked 32nd of 230 in the 118th Congress and 38th of 227 in the 119th by this profile’s computation from the Voteview file. [6][8][10]
A small docket with a high yield
He introduced 11 bills and resolutions in the 118th Congress, the 25th fewest among House Republicans, and cosponsored 162, of which 4 percent came from non-Republicans. Four of the 11 had a cosponsor from another party; three reached the floor. Across both terms GovTrack records 27 sponsored measures. [8][9]
An employer of more than 100
The official biography records the trucking company he and his wife built, his service as chairman of one of Georgia’s largest credit unions and his presidency of the local chamber of commerce. The campaign names the institutions: Georgia’s Associated Credit Union, the Georgia Motor Trucking Association and the Butts County Chamber of Commerce. Company financials were not part of this review. [3][12]
Winning a contested primary
In the official results, Collins led the May 19, 2026 primary with 369,642 votes to Derek Dooley’s 275,534 and Buddy Carter’s 229,223, and won the June 16 runoff 390,174 to 312,339. Governor Kemp backed Dooley; President Trump endorsed Collins two days before the runoff. The campaign says he finished first “despite being outspent 15-to-1 on TV advertisements by his opponents and their allied outside groups,” a claim this review did not measure. Two days after the runoff he and the Republican nominee for governor, Rick Jackson, endorsed each other. [1][2][26][14][25]
Family & community
His official biography identifies his wife as Leigh Ann and says they have three grown children and four grandchildren; the campaign biography names the children as Dakota, Dylan and Summer and counts six grandchildren. On runoff night he thanked his mother, his children and his wife, “the rock of our family.” [3][12][20]
The campaign biography states that the family attends Rock Springs Church in Milner and that he has served as president of the Butts County Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the boards of Georgia’s Associated Credit Union and the Georgia Motor Trucking Association. [12]
Those statements are the campaign’s. The sources reviewed here document family, residence and civic roles; they do not supply a verified record of charitable giving, and none is asserted.
His mission for Georgia
“Georgia needs a U.S. Senator who has worked for a living, created jobs, and has taken on the tough fights to do what’s right.”
The following summarizes the agenda on Collins’s official campaign website and in his campaign’s releases. These are proposed priorities, not completed accomplishments. [13][14]
01Bipartisanship without surrender
“Compromise is not surrendering your values. Too often in Washington, Democrats think compromise means Republicans giving in. I’ve shown you can work across the aisle while standing firm on conservative principles.” He cites the Laken Riley Act: “Some Democrats told me I was the first Republican to personally ask for their help on legislation.” [13]
02Economy
“We’re making America affordable by reshoring jobs, investing in technical education, and putting American workers first. My bipartisan Aviation Workforce Development Act allows families to use 529 plans for technical and career training.” In the Senate he says he will “cut regulations, unleash the free market.” The Aviation Workforce Development Act (H.R. 1818) has been introduced in both Congresses and has not advanced. [13][9]
03Housing affordability
04Foreign policy
“I believe in peace through strength.” “We must stand by our allies, defend freedom, and project strength abroad, but we cannot keep writing blank checks with taxpayer dollars.” The roll calls behind the plank: Yea on Israel aid, Nay on both Ukraine bills, Nay on the 2026 War Powers resolutions on Iran. [13][40][41][51]
05Out of control government spending
“Washington’s reckless spending and fraud are out of control.” “We also need to crack down on fraud. Massive Medicaid scams and abuse of taxpayer dollars continue because Washington lacks accountability.” He voted Yea on the 2025 Rescissions Act and No on the 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act. [13][55][37]
06Health care and rural hospitals
In July 2026 he said he plans on “doubling the current investment into rural healthcare” and that Ossoff “tried to block over $200 million dollars directed towards Georgia rural hospitals” by voting against the bill that carried the Rural Health Transformation Program, which he says “delivered no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on social security.” [73]
07Immigration and the border
The Laken Riley Act is his signature measure, and he voted Yea on the Secure the Border Act (H.R. 2) in 2023 and on the impeachment of Secretary Mayorkas in 2024. His January 2026 ad said he is “tired of Jon Ossoff voting with nutjobs to put illegal immigrants above Georgians.” [36][48][47][14]
08Abortion, guns and social issues
SBA Pro-Life America grades him A+ and he voted Yea on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act in 2023 and 2025 and on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. The NRA-PVF grades him A. No abortion or gun plank appears on the campaign issues page. [62][53][63][13]
09Election integrity and Congress itself
Yea on the SAVE Act in 2024 and 2025, Aye on the Epstein Files Transparency Act (427–1), Aye on the December 2023 resolution formalizing the impeachment inquiry into President Biden, Yea on the 2024 bill requiring the divestiture of TikTok, and Yea on the Stop Insider Trading Act in July 2026. [54][44][57][59][52]
10The general-election message
The “Deliver” ad says of Ossoff: “Ossoff talks healthcare, but voted to gut rural hospitals. He voted for higher taxes on tips, overtime, even social security.” The earlier “Delivers” ad says Ossoff “voted with Joe Biden 98% of the time” and was “the deciding vote for Biden’s inflation disaster.” These are the campaign’s characterizations of the opponent’s votes and are not verified here. [22][23]
How to assess a proposal. A campaign plan states an intention. Enactment, implementation costs, replacement revenue, and measured results are separate questions. These priorities should be read alongside the documented record above.
The fuller record
A useful profile includes policy tradeoffs, the limits of a claim, and responses to material criticism.
The paid intern and the Ethics Committee
On October 7, 2025 the Office of Congressional Conduct referred to the Ethics Committee allegations that Collins used congressional resources for unauthorized purposes, retained an employee who did not perform duties commensurate with her pay, and dispensed special favors by retaining an employee who had a personal relationship with his chief of staff; its Board found “substantial reason to believe” on all three. Its report cites payroll records showing Caroline H. Craze paid $5,044.00 in 2023 and $5,244.44 in 2024 as a district intern, and witnesses who said she never worked in the office. The Ethics Committee extended the matter on November 21, 2025 and on January 5, 2026 said it would review it further, noting that further review “does not itself indicate that any violation has occurred.” Counsel for Collins and the chief of staff, Brandon Phillips, wrote that the referrals came from “two disgruntled, former members” of staff, that the intern “provided valuable assistance to the Office throughout both years,” and asked that the matter be dismissed; his office called it a “bogus complaint” and “meritless allegations,” and he has called it a “nothing burger.” No committee finding had been issued as of this review. [64][66][65][67][68][69]
Three chiefs of staff in a year
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on July 9, 2026 that Collins had hired his third chief of staff in a year. He cut ties with Phillips after Phillips mocked a Republican operative whose wife had attempted suicide, a post the Washington Examiner describes as a vulgar post from the campaign’s account targeting the wife of a strategist for Derek Dooley. Slate reported on May 28, 2026 that the successor, Kip Talley, told a group chat that included Nick Fuentes and Richard Spencer that he would “try and use the levers of the legislative branch” to check on the detention of Charles Johnson, a Holocaust denier jailed for contempt of court. Talley said he acted “solely in my personal capacity” and “did not act at the direction of Rep. Collins”; Collins’s office declined to comment on the record to Slate, and Talley later departed. The AJC excerpts are hosted by the opposing party; the underlying reporting is the AJC’s. [71][69][70]
The son-in-law’s posts
CNN reported on July 16, 2026, and the AJC confirmed, that Collins’s son-in-law, David Scheer II, who lives on his property, used Nazi imagery and white nationalist tropes on social media. A spokesperson said: “Rep. Collins has always condemned all forms of antisemitism, including this, and always will regardless of the source. Collins’ lifelong support for Israel and the Jewish people is guided by his personal beliefs and backed by his consistent voting record.” At a July 30 hospital event in Forsyth, asked to address the posts, he said “You know, we’ve fully addressed that,” turned to Ossoff’s record and left the podium. Senator Ossoff has asked how much Collins “or his businesses” paid Scheer; the sources reviewed do not answer that question. [72][73][69]
The Antisemitism Awareness Act vote
On May 1, 2024 Collins voted Nay on the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which passed 320–91. The vote is in the record; the sources reviewed for this profile do not include his stated reason, and none is supplied here. On the same record he voted Yea on the Israel Security Supplemental in April 2024 and the campaign cites his Israel votes in answer to the criticism above. [45][40][72]
Medicaid, premiums and the rural-hospital fight
Collins voted Yea on H.R. 1 at House passage on May 22, 2025 and on final passage July 3, 2025, and Yea in December 2025 on the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act and the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act. Senator Ossoff says he “voted for the largest Medicaid cut in American history, and to double health insurance premiums for more than a million Georgians,” and Georgia Democrats have tied a Lavonia hospital’s closing of its labor and delivery unit to those cuts. Collins answers that the same bill carried more than $200 million for Georgia rural hospitals through the Rural Health Transformation Program, which Ossoff voted against, and that it “delivered no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on social security.” The characterizations on both sides are the campaigns’; the roll calls are the record. [43][50][73]
Spending votes, the Speaker and foreign aid
Collins voted No on the 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act and Nay on the continuing resolutions of September and November 2023 and September 2024, then Yea on the December 2024 American Relief Act and on the March, September and November 2025 funding measures, including the bill that ended the 2025 shutdown, and on the 2026 Consolidated Appropriations Act. He voted for McCarthy on every Speaker ballot, against vacating the chair and for Johnson. He voted Nay on the April 2024 Ukraine supplemental and the June 2026 Ukraine Support Act and Yea on aid to Israel and the Indo-Pacific, Nay on both 2026 Iran War Powers resolutions, and No on the 2024 FISA reauthorization after supporting the failed warrant amendment. On April 30, 2026 he voted Yea on the Farm, Food, and National Security Act, which passed 224–200. Ossoff calls him “pro-tariffs, and pro-war”; no statement by Collins on tariffs was found in the material reviewed, and the “pro-war” label rests on the Iran and foreign-aid votes recorded here. [37][46][58][39][38][40][41][51][42][56][74]
What the ratings measure
Heritage Action scores him 100 percent for the current Congress (99 lifetime; 98 for the 118th); the League of Conservation Voters 0 percent for 2025 and 1 percent lifetime; SBA Pro-Life America A+; the NRA-PVF A, against F for Ossoff. Pages for the Club for Growth Foundation, the American Conservative Union, NumbersUSA, the AFL-CIO, the U.S. Chamber and Planned Parenthood Action did not return a Collins score to this review and are not reported. [60][61][62][63]
Endorsements, Kemp and the primary
Trump’s June 14, 2026 post read: “Mike Collins is a true Friend, Fighter, and WARRIOR, who has been with us from the very beginning, and has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be your next United States Senator.” Governor Kemp backed Dooley, and the Collins campaign’s own October 2025 memo complained of “the governor’s federal Hardworking Americans PAC boosting Dooley.” On runoff night Collins thanked Dooley and “Governor Kemp for his leadership and friendship.” The campaign’s endorsements page, as read on September 17, 2026, lists Governor Kemp among his endorsers. The campaign also lists the Club for Growth, CPAC, Turning Point Action, the Senate Conservatives Fund, the National Border Patrol Council, former Speaker Gingrich, Leader Scalise, Whip Emmer and, in an October 2025 release, twenty-eight sheriffs. CPAC’s Matt Schlapp said in November 2025, “I’m proud to stand with Mike Collins as he takes the fight for conservative and Christian values to the U.S. Senate,” and Turning Point Action in December 2025 cited “his commitment to secure elections, restore fiscal sanity, and defend America-First priorities,” both as released by the campaign. Laken Riley’s mother and stepfather endorsed him in August 2025: “Mike Collins went to Washington and changed it.” The Washington Examiner reports the Senate Leadership Fund has reserved $44 million for the race and that the NRSC calls Ossoff “the most vulnerable Democrat Senator on the map.” Endorsements establish political support; they are not evaluations of the record above. [26][78][20][16][18][24][77][17][69]
Debates and money
Both candidates have agreed to the Atlanta Press Club debate, “likely to be held in October,” per the AJC as excerpted by the Ossoff campaign, which has also challenged Collins to WSB and Gray Media/Atlanta News First debates; no Collins answer to the additional invitations appears in the material reviewed. Through June 30, 2026 the FEC’s candidate summary shows receipts of $7,409,349.57, disbursements of $5,932,538.69 and cash on hand of $2,079,981.42, with $4,394,251.80 from individuals and $65,000 from the candidate; the campaign’s own July release put cash on hand at $2,189,621.89. The two figures come from different filings and are reported as each source states them. The campaign says its “Convoy Captains” volunteer network covers all 159 counties, with more than 800 captains by April 2026, and the Washington Examiner reported in July that President Trump was to campaign with Collins at Wheeler High School in Cobb County, their first joint appearance since the nomination; the campaign’s events page listed no scheduled events at the time of this review. [74][75][21][24][69][14]
Questions & answers
Who is Mike Collins?
Mike Collins is the 2026 Republican nominee for U.S. Senate from Georgia and has represented Georgia’s 10th congressional district in the U.S. House since January 2023. His official biography says he was born, raised and still resides in Jackson, Georgia, and that he and his wife, Leigh Ann, started a trucking company in the early 1990s that has grown to employ more than 100 Georgians. [2][82][5][87][3]
What office is Mike Collins running for in 2026?
Collins is running for the U.S. Senate seat from Georgia held by Democrat Jon Ossoff. In the official results he led the May 19, 2026 Republican primary with 369,642 votes (40.5 percent) and won the June 16 runoff against Derek Dooley, 390,174 votes to 312,339. His statement of candidacy on file with the Federal Election Commission designates Mike Collins for Senate as his principal campaign committee. [1][2][85]
Who is Mike Collins running against?
Collins faces Senator Jon Ossoff, the Democratic incumbent, who was unopposed in the May 19 Democratic primary. WABE reported on July 10, 2026 that Libertarians will not appear on this year’s Georgia ballot after their petition drive fell well short. The Secretary of State’s final list of certified write-in candidates, published September 15, 2026, names Elbert Arthur Bartell, Christina Clement and Cassandra Easton for the office. [1][82][83][86][81]
When is the election?
The general election is November 3, 2026. The Georgia Secretary of State’s page for the election lists October 5 as the last day to register to vote and October 13 through October 30 for in-person early voting. The Atlanta Press Club lists a U.S. Senate debate for October 13, with Collins and Ossoff as the invited candidates. [80][84]
What are Mike Collins’s main campaign priorities?
The issues page of Collins’s campaign website carries five planks: bipartisanship and compromise, the economy, housing affordability, foreign policy and government spending. It says that in the Senate he will “cut regulations, unleash the free market,” and on housing it calls for “mass deportations, lower interest rates, and less government red tape driving up construction costs.” These are proposed priorities, not completed accomplishments. [13]
What has Mike Collins done in office?
GovTrack records Collins as primary sponsor of two enacted laws: the TRANQ Research Act, signed December 19, 2023, and the Laken Riley Act, whose Senate version, S. 5, the House passed 263–156 on January 22, 2025. He chairs the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment and missed 23 of 1,900 roll-call votes, 1.2 percent, from January 2023 through September 2026. [6][9][36][4][11]
The sources behind the story
Government records anchor the profile: the Clerk’s roll calls, Congress.gov’s bill records, the Ethics Committee’s and the Office of Congressional Conduct’s publications, the Secretary of State’s official results. GovTrack’s and Voteview’s tabulations and the advocacy groups’ scorecards are independent analyses and ratings, not government records. Official biographies establish attributed background; original reporting supplies responses and scrutiny. Campaign materials are used for the candidate’s own priorities and claims.
- 01May 19, 2026 General Primary — official results (US Senate - Rep; US Senate - Dem)Georgia Secretary of State (results.sos.ga.gov API) · Last updated June 4, 2026
Republican primary: Collins 369,642; Dooley 275,534; Carter 229,223; McColumn 28,447; Coyne 9,850 (total 912,696). Democratic primary: Jon Ossoff (I) 1,042,331. isOfficialResults: true.Government / regulatory record - 02June 16, 2026 General Primary Runoff — official results (US Senate - Rep)Georgia Secretary of State (results.sos.ga.gov API) · Last updated July 2, 2026
Runoff: Collins 390,174; Dooley 312,339 (total 702,513); 159 of 159 counties. Percentages in this profile are computed from these counts.Government / regulatory record - 03About | Representative Collins (official House biography)collins.house.gov · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Official biography: trucking company started with his wife in the early 1990s employing more than 100 Georgians; credit union chairman; chamber president; Jackson, Georgia; Georgia State University business degree; family.Government / regulatory record - 04Committees and Caucuses | Representative Collinscollins.house.gov · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Transportation and Infrastructure (chairman, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee), Natural Resources (vice chair, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee) and Science, Space, and Technology.Government / regulatory record - 05Congress.gov member record, C001129Library of Congress (Congress.gov API) · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
Birth year 1967; House terms in the 118th (2023–2025) and 119th (2025–) Congresses for Georgia’s 10th District; 30 sponsored and 395 cosponsored measures as counted by Congress.gov.Government / regulatory record - 06Rep. Mike Collins — member page and missed-votes recordGovTrack.us · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
Attendance: 23 of 1,900 roll calls missed January 2023–September 2026 (1.2%; median 2.1%). Primary sponsor of two enacted bills: H.R. 29 (Laken Riley Act) and H.R. 1734 (TRANQ Research Act).Independent analysis / professional record - 07GovTrack API: current role, Georgia’s 10th DistrictGovTrack.us (API) · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
Full name Michael Allen Collins Jr.; birthday ; term January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027; Bioguide C001129.Independent analysis / professional record - 082024 Report Card, Rep. Mike Collins (118th Congress)GovTrack.us · Updated Feb. 13, 2025
118th Congress: 11 bills introduced; 162 cosponsored (4% from non-Republicans); missed 9 of 1,241 votes (0.7%); 358 cosponsors on his bills; 3rd top leader among House freshmen; 1 law enacted.Independent analysis / professional record - 09Bills sponsored by Mike Collins, 2023–2026 (27 records)GovTrack.us (API) · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
Status of every sponsored measure: H.R. 1734 enacted (signed Dec. 19, 2023); H.R. 7511, H.R. 29, H.R. 3898 and H.R. 3679 passed the House; H.R. 9197 reported; the rest introduced.Independent analysis / professional record - 10DW-NOMINATE member data (HSall_members.csv)Voteview (UCLA) · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
First-dimension score 0.680 in the 118th and 119th Congresses. Rank among House Republicans computed from this file for this profile: 32nd of 230 (118th), 38th of 227 (119th).Independent analysis / professional record - 11Member Data, 119th Congress (MemberData.xml)Clerk of the U.S. House · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
Bioguide C001129; hometown Jackson; elected November 5, 2024; sworn January 3, 2025; committee codes II00, PW00, SY00; subcommittee PW02 rank 1, Chairman.Government / regulatory record - 12Meet Mike | Mike Collins for SenateMike Collins for Senate (campaign) · Updated July 20, 2026
Campaign biography: first trucking business at age 25; three businesses; House Whip Team; children Dakota, Dylan and Summer, six grandchildren; Rock Springs Church in Milner. Self-descriptions.Campaign source - 13Issues | Mike Collins for SenateMike Collins for Senate (campaign) · Updated May 21, 2026
The five campaign planks quoted in this profile: Bipartisanship/Compromise, Economy, Housing Affordability, Foreign Policy, Out of Control Government Spending. Proposals, not record.Campaign source - 14Press releases, July 2025 – Aug. 2026 (27 posts)Mike Collins for Senate (campaign) · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
Announcement, endorsements, polling memos, fundraising, ads and the primary and runoff statements, in the campaign’s own words.Campaign source - 15Congressman Mike Collins Launches Campaign for U.S. SenateMike Collins for Senate (campaign) · July 28, 2025
The announcement statement: Ossoff “voted to raise taxes on Georgia families, supercharge inflation, open our Southern Border, and allow men to play in women’s sports.”Campaign source - 16Endorsements | Mike Collins for SenateMike Collins for Senate (campaign) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Lists President Trump, former Speaker Gingrich, Majority Leader Scalise, Whip Emmer, Club for Growth, CPAC, Turning Point Action, Senate Conservatives Fund, National Border Patrol Council, state legislators, sheriffs and commissioners. As read Sep. 17, 2026, the list also carries Governor Brian Kemp, directly after President Trump.Campaign source - 17Laken Riley’s Family Endorses Mike Collins for U.S. SenateMike Collins for Senate (campaign) · Aug. 18, 2025
Statement of Allyson and John Phillips; the campaign’s description of what the Laken Riley Act requires of ICE.Campaign source - 18Georgia Sheriffs Endorse Collins for SenateMike Collins for Senate (campaign) · Oct. 21, 2025
Twenty-eight sitting sheriffs and two former sheriffs named by the campaign.Campaign source - 19Collins Hauls In $2.9 Million for Senate RunMike Collins for Senate (campaign) · Oct. 6, 2025
Q3 2025 as the campaign states it: $1,902,474 from 40,210 contributions; $1,008,084 transfer from the congressional campaign; candidacy filed July 28, 2025.Campaign source - 20Mike Collins Wins U.S. Senate Primary, Advances to General Election Against Jon OssoffMike Collins for Senate (campaign) · June 16, 2026
Runoff-night speech: thanks to Derek Dooley and Governor Kemp; “I grew up on this red clay right here in Jackson.”Campaign source - 21Mike Collins’ Q2 Fundraising Report Shows Strong Grassroots Support Across GeorgiaMike Collins for Senate (campaign) · July 15, 2026
Campaign-stated Q2 2026: $2.1 million raised; $2,189,621.89 cash on hand; average contribution $19.05 from almost 16,000 donations.Campaign source - 22Mike Collins for U.S. Senate Launches New Ad: “Deliver”Mike Collins for Senate (campaign) · Aug. 24, 2026
First general-election television ad and transcript: “I’m a trucker, not a talker.”Campaign source - 23Mike Collins for U.S. Senate Launches New Ad: “Delivers”Mike Collins for Senate (campaign) · June 17, 2026
The campaign’s claim that the Laken Riley Act “has already resulted in the deportation of more than 20,000 criminal illegal aliens” and that Ossoff “voted with Joe Biden 98% of the time.” Campaign claims.Campaign source - 24Clay Fuller Endorses Mike Collins for U.S. SenateMike Collins for Senate (campaign) · Apr. 21, 2026
The campaign’s coalition list: Newt Gingrich, Senate Conservatives Fund, CPAC, Club for Growth PAC, Turning Point Action, National Border Patrol Council; “more than 200 elected officials.”Campaign source - 25Top of GOP Ticket Ready for VictoryMike Collins for Senate (campaign) · June 18, 2026
Mutual endorsement with gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson.Campaign source - 26Trump endorses Rep. Mike Collins ahead of GOP Senate runoff in GeorgiaCNN (Casey Gannon, Logan Schiciano) · June 14, 2026
Trump’s Truth Social post: “Mike Collins is a true Friend, Fighter, and WARRIOR … Complete and Total Endorsement”; Governor Kemp’s support for Dooley; Trump’s post on Dooley.Independent reporting - 27May 20, 2014 General Primary — official results (U.S. Representative, District 10 - REP)Georgia Secretary of State (results.sos.ga.gov API) · 2014
Hice 17,408; Collins 17,143; Sheldon 7,972; Gerrard 3,830; Simpson 2,423; Swan 2,167; Slowinski 1,027 (total 51,970).Government / regulatory record - 28July 22, 2014 General Primary Runoff — official results (U.S. Representative, District 10 - REP)Georgia Secretary of State (results.sos.ga.gov API) · 2014
Hice 26,975; Collins 22,684 (total 49,659).Government / regulatory record - 29May 24, 2022 General Primary — official results (US House, District 10 - Rep)Georgia Secretary of State (results.sos.ga.gov API) · 2022
Collins 28,741; Vernon Jones 24,165; Barr 16,007; Broun 14,901; Curry 10,557; Sims 7,388; McMain 5,222; Swan 5,184 (total 112,165).Government / regulatory record - 30June 21, 2022 General Primary Runoff — official results (US House, District 10 - Rep)Georgia Secretary of State (results.sos.ga.gov API) · 2022
Collins 30,536; Vernon Jones 10,469 (total 41,005).Government / regulatory record - 31November 8, 2022 General Election — official results (US House, District 10)Georgia Secretary of State (results.sos.ga.gov API) · 2022
Collins 198,523; Tabitha Johnson-Green 109,107 (total 307,630).Government / regulatory record - 32November 5, 2024 General Election — official results (US House, District 10)Georgia Secretary of State (results.sos.ga.gov API) · 2024
Collins 256,442; Alexandra “Lexy” Doherty 150,274 (total 406,716).Government / regulatory record - 33May 21, 2024 General Primary — official results (US House, District 10 - Rep)Georgia Secretary of State (results.sos.ga.gov API) · 2024
Collins unopposed, 62,109 votes.Government / regulatory record - 34Roll call 212, May 11, 2023 — TRANQ Research Act (H.R. 1734), suspensionClerk of the U.S. House · May 11, 2023
Collins recorded Yea; passed 425–0.Government / regulatory record - 35Roll call 66, Mar. 7, 2024 — Laken Riley Act (H.R. 7511), passageClerk of the U.S. House · Mar. 7, 2024
Collins recorded Yea; passed 251–170.Government / regulatory record - 36Roll calls 6 (Jan. 7, 2025) and 23 (Jan. 22, 2025) — Laken Riley Act, H.R. 29 and S. 5Clerk of the U.S. House · Jan. 2025
H.R. 29 passed 264–159; S. 5 passed 263–156; Collins recorded Yea on both.Government / regulatory record - 37Roll call 243, May 31, 2023 — Fiscal Responsibility Act (H.R. 3746)Clerk of the U.S. House · May 31, 2023
Collins recorded No; passed 314–117.Government / regulatory record - 38Roll call 519, Oct. 3, 2023 — H.Res. 757, declaring the office of Speaker vacantClerk of the U.S. House · Oct. 3, 2023
Collins recorded Nay; the resolution passed 216–210.Government / regulatory record - 39Roll calls 2 and 20 (Jan. 3 and 7, 2023), 527 (Oct. 25, 2023) and 2 (Jan. 3, 2025) — election of the SpeakerClerk of the U.S. House · 2023–2025
Collins voted for McCarthy on the first ballot (McCarthy 203, Jeffries 212, Biggs 10) and the fifteenth (216–212), for Johnson on Oct. 25, 2023 (220–209) and Jan. 3, 2025 (218–215).Government / regulatory record - 40Roll calls 145, 146, 151 and 152, Apr. 20, 2024 — Israel, Ukraine and Indo-Pacific supplementals and H.R. 8038Clerk of the U.S. House · Apr. 20, 2024
Ukraine (H.R. 8035, 311–112): Nay. Israel (H.R. 8034, 366–58): Yea. Indo-Pacific (385–34): Yea. 21st Century Peace through Strength Act (360–58): Yea.Government / regulatory record - 41Roll call 207, June 4, 2026 — Ukraine Support Act (H.R. 2913)Clerk of the U.S. House · June 4, 2026
Collins recorded Nay; passed 226–195.Government / regulatory record - 42Roll calls 114 and 119, Apr. 12, 2024 — FISA Section 702 reauthorization (H.R. 7888)Clerk of the U.S. House · Apr. 12, 2024
Aye on the Biggs warrant amendment (failed 212–212); No on passage (273–147).Government / regulatory record - 43Roll calls 145 (May 22, 2025) and 190 (July 3, 2025) — H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill ActClerk of the U.S. House · 2025
Yea on House passage (215–214); Aye on concurring in the Senate amendment (218–214).Government / regulatory record - 44Roll call 289, Nov. 18, 2025 — Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405)Clerk of the U.S. House · Nov. 18, 2025
Collins recorded Aye; passed 427–1.Government / regulatory record - 45Roll call 172, May 1, 2024 — Antisemitism Awareness Act (H.R. 6090)Clerk of the U.S. House · May 1, 2024
Collins recorded Nay; passed 320–91.Government / regulatory record - 46Roll calls 513 and 658 (2023), 450 and 517 (2024), 70, 281 and 285 (2025) — continuing resolutions and the American Relief ActClerk of the U.S. House · 2023–2025
Nay on the Sept. 30, 2023, Nov. 14, 2023 and Sept. 25, 2024 CRs; Yea on the Dec. 20, 2024 American Relief Act and the Mar. 11, Sept. 19 and Nov. 12, 2025 measures.Government / regulatory record - 47Roll call 43, Feb. 13, 2024 — impeachment of Secretary Mayorkas (H.Res. 863)Clerk of the U.S. House · Feb. 13, 2024
Collins recorded Yea; passed 214–213.Government / regulatory record - 48Roll call 209, May 11, 2023 — Secure the Border Act (H.R. 2)Clerk of the U.S. House · May 11, 2023
Collins recorded Yea; passed 219–213.Government / regulatory record - 49Roll call 330, Dec. 11, 2025 — PERMIT Act (H.R. 3898), passageClerk of the U.S. House · Dec. 11, 2025
Collins’s own bill; recorded Yea; passed 221–205.Government / regulatory record - 50Roll calls 349 and 362, Dec. 17–18, 2025 — Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act (H.R. 6703) and Do No Harm in Medicaid Act (H.R. 498)Clerk of the U.S. House · Dec. 2025
Yea on both; passed 216–211 and 215–201.Government / regulatory record - 51Roll calls 199 (June 3, 2026) and 282 (July 23, 2026) — War Powers resolutions on hostilities with Iran (H.Con.Res. 86 and 89)Clerk of the U.S. House · 2026
Collins recorded Nay on both; the resolutions passed 215–208 and 214–208.Government / regulatory record - 52Roll call 280, July 22, 2026 — Stop Insider Trading Act (H.R. 7008)Clerk of the U.S. House · July 22, 2026
Collins recorded Yea; passed 232–198.Government / regulatory record - 53Roll calls 29 (Jan. 11, 2023), 27 (Jan. 23, 2025) and 12 (Jan. 14, 2025) — Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act; Protection of Women and Girls in Sports ActClerk of the U.S. House · 2023–2025
Yea on each: Born-Alive 220–210 (2023) and 217–204 (2025); H.R. 28 218–206.Government / regulatory record - 54Roll calls 345 (July 10, 2024) and 102 (Apr. 10, 2025) — Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) ActClerk of the U.S. House · 2024–2025
Aye/Yea; passed 221–198 and 220–208.Government / regulatory record - 55Roll call 168, June 12, 2025 — Rescissions Act (H.R. 4)Clerk of the U.S. House · June 12, 2025
Collins recorded Yea; passed 214–212.Government / regulatory record - 56Roll call 154, Apr. 30, 2026 — Farm, Food, and National Security Act (H.R. 7567)Clerk of the U.S. House · Apr. 30, 2026
Collins recorded Yea; passed 224–200.Government / regulatory record - 57Roll call 720, Dec. 13, 2023 — H.Res. 918, impeachment inquiry into President BidenClerk of the U.S. House · Dec. 13, 2023
Collins recorded Aye; passed 221–212.Government / regulatory record - 58Roll calls 45 (Jan. 22, 2026) and 53 (Feb. 3, 2026) — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (H.R. 7148)Clerk of the U.S. House · 2026
Yea on passage (341–88) and on concurring in the Senate amendments (217–214).Government / regulatory record - 59Roll call 86, Mar. 13, 2024 — Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (H.R. 7521)Clerk of the U.S. House · Mar. 13, 2024
Collins recorded Yea; passed 352–65.Government / regulatory record - 60Scorecard: Rep. Mike Collins, 119th and 118th CongressesHeritage Action for America · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Session score 100% (119th), lifetime 99%; 98% for the 118th Congress.Independent analysis / professional record - 61National Environmental Scorecard: Mike CollinsLeague of Conservation Voters · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
2025 score 0%; lifetime 1%.Independent analysis / professional record - 62House ScorecardSBA Pro-Life America · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
Mike Collins (GA-10) graded A+.Independent analysis / professional record - 63Grades & Endorsements — Georgia 2026NRA Political Victory Fund · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
U.S. Senate: Mike Collins (R) A; Jon Ossoff (D) F.Independent analysis / professional record - 64Investigation 25-7636: OCC Referral Regarding Rep. Michael CollinsOffice of Congressional Conduct (formerly OCE) · Referred Oct. 7, 2025; published Jan. 5, 2026
The three allegations reviewed; the Board found “substantial reason to believe” on all three (use of congressional resources; retaining an employee who did not perform commensurate duties; dispensing special favors by retaining an employee in a personal relationship with his chief of staff) — ¶¶114, 116, 118.Government / regulatory record - 65Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Mike CollinsU.S. House Committee on Ethics · Jan. 5, 2026
Extended Nov. 21, 2025; further review under Committee Rule 18(a); “does not itself indicate that any violation has occurred.” Publishes the OCC report and Collins’s response.Government / regulatory record - 66OCC Report and Findings, Review No. 25-7636 (Rep. Mike Collins)Office of Congressional Conduct (published by the Ethics Committee) · Jan. 5, 2026
Payroll records: Caroline H. Craze paid $5,044.00 (2023) and $5,244.44 (2024) as a District Office Paid Intern; witnesses said she never worked in the office. The Board found “substantial reason to believe” on all three allegations against Collins (¶¶114, 116, 118); a separate travel-expense question about the chief of staff was “not able to” be determined (¶93).Government / regulatory record - 67Representative Collins’ Response (letter of Russell D. Duncan, Clark Hill, to the Committee on Ethics)U.S. House Committee on Ethics (published) · Dec. 31, 2025
Counsel for Collins and Phillips: referrals came from “two disgruntled, former members” of staff; the intern “provided valuable assistance”; requests dismissal. Scanned letter, transcribed by OCR.Government / regulatory record - 68Ethics panel investigates US Rep. Mike Collins over alleged ghost internReuters (Nolan D. McCaskill), via Yahoo News · Jan. 5, 2026
The office’s response: the “bogus complaint is a sad attempt to derail” him; “looks forward to … putting these meritless allegations to rest.”Independent reporting - 69Mike Collins’s controversies cloud Georgia Senate bidWashington Examiner (Samantha-Jo Roth) · July 21, 2026
Three chiefs of staff in a year; “nothing burger”; Senate Leadership Fund’s $44 million reservation; NRSC statement; the campaign’s antisemitism statement; Trump to campaign with Collins at Wheeler High School.Independent reporting - 70Why Was the Chief of Staff for a Leading Republican Senate Candidate on a Group Chat With Famous White Nationalists?Slate (Ben Jacobs) · May 28, 2026
Kip Talley’s messages (“the levers of the legislative branch”); Talley’s statement that he acted in a personal capacity; Collins’s office declined comment.Independent reporting - 71Another staff shake-up for Mike Collins as top aide departs amid scrutiny (AJC, Greg Bluestein), key excerptsAtlanta Journal-Constitution, reposted by the Democratic Party of Georgia · July 9, 2026
Third chief of staff in a year; Collins “cut ties with Phillips” after he mocked a Republican operative whose wife attempted suicide; Ossoff’s “notorious bigot” label. Hosted by the opposing party; excerpts only.Independent reporting - 72Mike Collins under scrutiny for son-in-law’s antisemitic commentsAtlanta Journal-Constitution (Tia Mitchell) · Updated July 17, 2026
The CNN-reported posts, confirmed by the AJC; the spokesperson’s statement pointing to his Israel record. Article body is scrambled to scrapers; the lede and statement were legible.Independent reporting - 73Collins abruptly ends Forsyth healthcare presser after questions on antisemitism tiesWGXA (Leah Kincaid) · July 30–31, 2026
Collins: “You know, we’ve fully addressed that”; Ossoff’s Medicaid attack; Collins’s rural-hospital statement on the Rural Health Transformation Program.Independent reporting - 74AJC: Ossoff Challenges Collins to Three Debates in Senate Race (campaign repost of AJC excerpts)Jon Ossoff for U.S. Senate (opponent’s campaign) · July 2, 2026
Both candidates agreed to the Atlanta Press Club debate, “likely to be held in October”; Ossoff’s call for WSB and Gray/ANF debates; the opponent’s characterizations of Collins.Campaign source - 75Candidate summary file, 2025–2026 (weball26), record for S6GA00390Federal Election Commission (bulk download) · Coverage through June 30, 2026
Receipts 7,409,349.57; disbursements 5,932,538.69; cash on hand 2,079,981.42; individual contributions 4,394,251.80; candidate contributions 65,000; debts 461,915.72.Government / regulatory record - 76Official member photograph, C001129Clerk of the U.S. House · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
The portrait used in this profile (335 × 410 pixels), a work of the United States Government.Government / regulatory record - 77CPAC Endorses Conservative Workhorse Mike Collins for U.S. Senate; Turning Point Action Endorses (Dec. 17, 2025)Mike Collins for Senate (campaign) · Nov. 14 and Dec. 17, 2025
Matt Schlapp’s and Turning Point Action’s statements as released by the campaign.Campaign source - 78State of Georgia’s 2026 U.S. Senate Republican primary — campaign memorandumMike Collins for Senate (campaign) · Oct. 20, 2025
The campaign’s account of the primary: Carter’s advertising, “the governor’s federal Hardworking Americans PAC boosting Dooley,” its own polling claims. Campaign claims.Campaign source - 79Mike Collins for Senate — home page (“Georgia’s Conservative Workhorse”)Mike Collins for Senate (campaign) · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
The campaign’s self-description and the quotation used as the mission statement in this profile; “Paid for by Mike Collins for Senate,” Alpharetta. Campaign source.Campaign source - 80November 3, 2026 General ElectionGeorgia Secretary of State · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
The election authority’s page for the general election: Election Day November 3; last day to register October 5; in-person early voting October 13–30; absentee-by-mail requests August 17 to October 23. It links the state’s candidate list (a ZIP download this review could not open) and the certified write-in list; the page itself names no candidates.Government / regulatory record - 81Final List of Certified Write-In Candidates (November 3, 2026, General Election)Georgia Secretary of State · Published Sep. 15, 2026
Lists the qualified write-in candidates for the November 3, 2026 general election; under U.S. Senate it names Elbert Arthur Bartell, Christina Clement and Cassandra Easton. It is a list of write-in candidates only and does not list the party nominees.Government / regulatory record - 82Rep. Mike Collins wins Georgia’s GOP Senate nomination, will face Dem. Sen. Jon OssoffAssociated Press (Bill Barrow), via WCIV (abcnews4.com) · June 16, 2026
Wire report of the June 16 runoff: Collins defeated Derek Dooley for the Republican nomination, advancing to face Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, first elected in 2020; President Trump had endorsed Collins the previous Sunday. Republished by WCIV; the reporting is the AP’s.Independent reporting - 83Collins wins GOP nomination for U.S. SenateCapitol Beat (Ty Tagami) · June 16, 2026
Runoff-night report: Collins defeated Derek Dooley in the Republican runoff “and will face incumbent Jon Ossoff in November.” Written after nearly all precincts had reported; the official counts are in source 2.Independent reporting - 84Atlanta Press Club Loudermilk-Young Debate Series: 2026 general election debatesAtlanta Press Club · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Debate schedule, in partnership with Georgia Public Broadcasting: U.S. Senate, October 13, invited candidates Mike Collins (R) and Jon Ossoff (D), marked as the incumbent. The page says candidates who qualify with the Georgia Secretary of State to appear on the ballot by name are invited; it is a debate organizer’s list, not the state’s candidate list.Independent analysis / professional record - 85FEC Form 2, Statement of Candidacy: Michael A. Collins Jr. (FEC-1986313)Federal Election Commission · Filed June 22, 2026
Amended statement of candidacy (form type F2A) filed after the runoff: Michael A. Collins Jr., Jackson, Georgia, candidate ID S6GA00390, Republican Party, Senate, Georgia, 2026; it designates MIKE COLLINS FOR SENATE (C00544684) as principal campaign committee. It establishes the candidacy and the committee’s name as filed; it carries no financial figures.Government / regulatory record - 86Georgia Libertarians end efforts to get on 2026 general election ballotWABE (Rahul Bali) · July 10, 2026
Libertarians will not appear on Georgia’s 2026 ballot after a petition drive collected a few hundred of the more than 70,000 signatures needed; the party lost automatic ballot access after the 2024 elections. The report does not name the U.S. Senate candidates.Independent reporting - 87COLLINS, Mike (1967-)Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (bioguideretro.congress.gov) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Official congressional biography for Bioguide ID C001129: born in Jackson, Butts County, Georgia, July 2, 1967; B.B.A., Georgia State University, 1990; trucking company executive; elected to the 118th and the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2023–present). Read on the directory’s retro site; bioguide.congress.gov refuses automated fetches.Government / regulatory record
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Voting in Georgia: official dates, deadlines and rules
The general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The dates and rules below were read from the Georgia Secretary of State; the authority's own page, linked beside each one, is the final word.
Dates and deadlines
- Voter registration deadlineOctober 5, 2026 is the last day to register to vote, or to change the address on your registration, for the November 3, 2026 general election. The Secretary of State gives this single date, with no separate online, mail or in-person cutoffs and no time of day. Its FAQ says you must be registered ahead of an election to vote in that election. Read from: sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/forms/2026%20Elections%20Calendar_0.pdf
- Absentee ballots start being mailedOctober 5, 2026 is the first day county registrars mail or issue official absentee ballots for the November general election. For military and overseas (UOCAVA) voters, the first day is September 15, 2026. Read from: sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/forms/2026%20Elections%20Calendar_0.pdf
- Early voting (advance voting) beginsOctober 13, 2026. Advance voting must begin the fourth Monday before the election; the Secretary of State's calendar notes that the date was moved to the next business day because of a state holiday. Read from: sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/forms/2026%20Elections%20Calendar_0.pdf
- Early voting (advance voting) endsOctober 30, 2026 is the last day of advance voting. Within the period, counties must hold Saturday voting on October 17 and October 24, 2026, and may hold Sunday voting on October 18 and/or October 25, 2026. Read from: sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/forms/2026%20Elections%20Calendar_0.pdf
- Deadline to request an absentee (mail) ballotOctober 23, 2026 is the last day to request an absentee-by-mail ballot. The application form says the application must be received by your election office 11 days before the election. The request period opened on August 17, 2026. Read from: sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/forms/2026%20Elections%20Calendar_0.pdf
- Deadline to return an absentee ballot (received, not postmarked)November 3, 2026 (Election Day): your voted absentee ballot must be received by your county registrar no later than the close of polls; polls are open until 7:00 p.m. This is a received-by deadline: ballots received after the polls close cannot be counted. Military and overseas (UOCAVA) ballots postmarked by the election date are counted if received by 5:00 p.m. on November 6, 2026. Read from: sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/forms/Absentee_Voting_In_Georgia_Rev_3-30-22.pdf
- Poll hoursPolls are open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Election Day, November 3, 2026, at your assigned polling place. If you are in line by 7 p.m., you will still be allowed to vote. Read from: sos.ga.gov/how-to-guide/how-guide-voting
Rules to know
- What to bringGeorgia law requires photo identification when voting, either in person or absentee. For in-person voting the Secretary of State lists: any valid state or federal government-issued photo ID, including a free ID card issued by your county registrar's office or the Georgia Department of Driver Services; a Georgia driver's license, even if expired; a student ID from a Georgia public college or university; a valid employee photo ID from any branch, department, agency or entity of the U.S. Government, Georgia, or any county, municipality, board, authority or other entity of this state; a valid U.S. passport; a valid U.S. military photo ID; or a valid tribal photo ID. A free voter ID card can be issued at any county registrar's office or Department of Driver Services office. On an absentee ballot application, give your driver's license number or, if you do not have one, your state-issued ID card number; a voter with neither provides a copy or photo of another listed ID or of a document that shows name and address (current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check or other government document). Read from: sos.ga.gov/page/georgia-voter-identification-requirements
- Voting absentee by mailIn Georgia you can vote by absentee ballot in any election, even if you will not be absent from the county on Election Day. Request the ballot online through the Secretary of State's absentee ballot portal, or send the completed Absentee Ballot Application to your county election office by mail, email (as an attachment), fax or in person. The application asks for your address, date of birth, the county where you are registered, and your driver's license or free state ID number (or a copy of another listed ID). For the November 3, 2026 general election, requests are accepted from August 17, 2026 through October 23, 2026; hospital patients have an extra day to apply. Return the voted ballot by mail in the pre-addressed envelope, in a ballot drop box, or by hand delivery; it must be received by the county registrar no later than the close of polls on Election Day. The Secretary of State's absentee voting guide says postage must be affixed when mailing, and that a voted ballot can be returned by the voter, by a family member designated in O.C.G.A. 21-2-385(a) or by a person living in the voter's household. Check with your county elections office for the drop box locations available to you. If you miss the request deadline, you can still vote in person during early voting or on Election Day. Read from: sos.ga.gov/how-to-guide/how-guide-voting
- Early voting (advance voting in person)Advance voting for the November 3, 2026 general election runs from October 13, 2026 through October 30, 2026. Counties must offer voting on Saturday, October 17 and Saturday, October 24, 2026, and a county can also offer it on Sunday, October 18 and/or Sunday, October 25, 2026. You can vote at any early voting location in your county; find one on My Voter Page or with the Secretary of State's Advance Voting Location Information search. Photo ID is required when voting in person (see What to bring). The Secretary of State's pages do not print daily hours; contact your county election office. Read from: sos.ga.gov/how-to-guide/how-guide-voting
- Track your absentee ballotIf you voted by absentee ballot, you can check its status on My Voter Page, the Secretary of State's voter portal. The same portal lets you check your registration and shows the early voting locations in your county, your assigned Election Day polling place and a sample ballot. If your absentee ballot never arrives, contact your county elections office; it can issue a new one or tell you how to cancel that ballot so you can vote in person. Read from: sos.ga.gov/page/elections-faq
- Fixing a problem with your absentee ballotFor the November 3, 2026 general election, the Secretary of State's calendar sets the absentee ballot cure deadline at 5:00 p.m. on November 6, 2026: the last day voters can cure timely submitted absentee ballots for a missing signature or an information mismatch. The Secretary of State's absentee voting guide says that if the ID number is missing, does not match what is on record, or other documentation is not sufficient, your county will contact you and provide a document with which you can supply the necessary ID to verify your ballot. Read from: sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/forms/2026%20Elections%20Calendar_0.pdf
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