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YouGov puts Ossoff 10 points clear
US Midterms 2026Background
Jon Ossoff is Georgia's Democratic US senator and is seeking re-election in November 2026. His seat is central to Democratic hopes of retaining influence in a closely contested Senate map. On 23 September, a YouGov poll put Ossoff on 51% against Mike Collins on 41%, above Georgia's runoff threshold.
Ossoff won his Senate seat in Georgia's January 2021 runoff. Before entering elected office, he worked as an investigative journalist. Georgia's statewide contests can require a runoff when no candidate passes 50%, making the threshold a lasting feature of the electoral challenge he faces.
His political significance rests on Georgia's role as a competitive state and on the narrow margins that can decide control of the Senate. A second Ossoff term would extend Democratic representation from a state that remains a national battleground.
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