ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Months of political earthquakes, scorched-earth vitriol, and hundreds of millions of dollars spent in an unrelenting war of words have all led to this: Tuesday at 7 a.m., when Georgia decides. In an election widely seen as yet another referendum on President Donald Trump and the direction of the nation now rests in the hands of everyday voters, as polling places across all 159 Georgia counties open for the most consequential midterm showdowns in memory. At the very top of the ticket is a clash that could single-handedly decide party control of the upper chamber of Congress. Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, seeking his first reelection, faces a challenge from Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Collins. Collins, an unyielding ally of the 47th president and author of the Laken Riley Act, the first piece of legislation signed into law by Trump during his second term in the Oval Office. Ossoff has relentlessly hammered Collins over his steadfast loyalty to Trump, launching blistering attacks that branded his opponent an extremist and a white supremacist following Collins’ primary runoff victory. 2026 is a crucial election year for the Peach State. This year, voters will decide on a new governor, choose who will represent them in the U.S. Senate and participate in a slew of other statewide races and U.S. House races for Georgia’s representatives. Despite recent polls showing Trump’s historically low approval numbers, Collins has doubled down on…
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