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Ossoff and Bottoms team up to campaign as GOP competitors head to runoffs
Ossoff and Bottoms are set to hold their first rally together on Sunday in Atlanta as they begin their general election campaigning. The two candidates will center the voter turnout event around economic and healthcare-related issues, according to CBS News.
“We are proceeding with unity,” Ossoff told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “We are proceeding with determination. We are united in our shared belief that Georgia and the nation are in a state of crisis.”
Despite facing half a dozen primary challengers, Bottoms won over 56% of the Democratic primary vote on May 19. She avoided a runoff by 6 percentage points, catapulting her to the general election. Ossoff did not face any primary challengers.
On the GOP side of the primaries, Trump-endorsed Jones received the most votes in the GOP gubernatorial race with 38%. Because he did not win a majority of the votes, Jones will face off against Jackson, who received over 33% of the primary vote, in the June runoff.
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In the GOP Senate primary, MAGA-style candidate Collins received the most votes, garnering 40.5%. He will face Dooley, who is endorsed by Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) and received 30.2% of the vote in the GOP primary.