Ossoff holds dou­ble-dig­it advan­tage over Collins after bruis­ing GOP pri­ma­ry: Poll

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Ossoff holds double-digit advantage over Collins after bruising GOP primary: Poll

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D‑GA) holds a 13-per­cent­age-point lead over Rep. Mike Collins (R‑GA) in the race for Georgia’s U.S. Sen­ate seat, accord­ing to the lat­est polling.The Fox News-spon­sored sur­vey shows Ossoff polling at 56%, while Collins trails with 43% of sup­port from reg­is­tered vot­ers. The sur­vey is the first major poll to sur­face after the gru­el­ing GOP pri­ma­ry, which result­ed in a runoff between Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump-endorsed Collins and Gov. Bri­an Kemp-endorsed (R‑GA) Derek Dooley.Although Collins came away from the runoff race with a wide, 11-point mar­gin vic­to­ry over Doo­ley, the GOP nom­i­nee for the seat has to bring the vot­ers who sup­port­ed Doo­ley and the oth­er lead­ing pri­ma­ry can­di­date, Rep. Bud­dy Carter (R‑GA), into his base. On the oth­er hand, Ossoff faced no pri­ma­ry chal­lenge and cruis …