ATLANTA—Incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff defeated Rep. Mike Collins, backed by President Donald Trump, in Georgia’s race for a seat in Congress’s upper chamber.
Ossoff, who ran unopposed in his primary earlier this year, raised nearly $116 million throughout his reelection bid and spent about $105.8 million.
Collins raised $9.7 million and spent $9.2 million.
While Collins ran on a platform that promised to support Trump’s agenda, Ossoff made the opposite a focal point of his campaign.
The incumbent senator vowed to stand against Trump and Republicans in Congress.
During a rally on Oct. 28 with former President Barack Obama in Morrow, Georgia, Ossoff said the Trump administration was putting on a “spectacle of graft unprecedented in American history,” vowing to bring individuals involved in alleged widespread schemes before Congress to testify. …