Georgia GOP Runoff – June 2026

Mike Collins and Burt Jones each hold high-single-digit leads in Georgia’s Republican runoffs for Senate and Governor, while the Lieutenant Governor race remains undefined.

Released June 1, 2026 · Conducted by CivicLens Research

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Key findings

• Collins leads the Senate runoff 49.6% to 40.1% over Derek Dooley, just short of a majority.
• Burt Jones leads for Governor 49.9% to 40.2% over Rick Jackson, a nearly identical margin.
• Lieutenant Governor is the unsettled race. Greg Dolezal takes 41.1% to John Kennedy’s 33.6%, but 25.3% are undecided — more than double the undecided share in the other two contests.
• Trump and Kemp both clear 80% approval with this electorate, at 82.2% and 81.6% respectively.

US Senate runoff

Candidate	Support
Mike Collins	49.6%
Derek Dooley	40.1%
Not sure / undecided	10.3%

Q2: “In the runoff for US Senate, the candidates are Mike Collins and Derek Dooley. If the election were held today, for whom would you vote?”

Governor runoff

Candidate	Support
Burt Jones	49.9%
Rick Jackson	40.2%
Not sure / undecided	9.9%

Q3: “In the runoff for Governor, the candidates are Rick Jackson and Burt Jones. If the election were held today, for whom would you vote?”

Lieutenant Governor runoff

Candidate	Support
Greg Dolezal	41.1%
John Kennedy	33.6%
Not sure / undecided	25.3%

Down-ballot name recognition lags badly. A quarter of runoff voters have no preference in this race, leaving it the most volatile of the three and the one most likely to move in the final two weeks.

Q4: “In the runoff for Lieutenant Governor, the candidates are Greg Dolezal and John Kennedy. If the election were held today, for whom would you vote?”

Job approval

Response	Trump	Kemp
Strongly approve	61.5%	49.9%
Somewhat approve	20.7%	31.7%
Somewhat disapprove	6.4%	10.1%
Strongly disapprove	9.8%	5.4%
Not sure	1.5%	2.9%

Both figures are strong with this electorate, but the intensity differs. Trump’s approval is more strongly held — 61.5% strongly approve against Kemp’s 49.9% — while Kemp draws more soft approval and less strong disapproval.

Q5 and Q6: “Do you approve or disapprove of the job Donald Trump is doing as president?” and “Do you approve or disapprove of the job Brian Kemp is doing as governor?”

The full file

Every question in the order asked, with full wording: Toplines (PDF)