Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Collins is challenging Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff in Georgia’s Nov. 3, 2026, U.S. Senate election, campaigning on reducing regulation, tightening immigration enforcement and cutting federal spending.
Collins, who has represented Georgia’s 10th Congressional District since 2023, defeated Derek Dooley in the June 16 Republican primary runoff.
Background
Collins lives in Jackson, Georgia, and graduated from Georgia State University with a business degree. Before entering Congress, he and his wife, Leigh Ann, started a trucking company in the early 1990s, according to his House biography.
He chairs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee. His father, Mac Collins, represented Georgia in Congress from 1993 to 2005.
Jobs, regulation and workforce training
Collins’ campaign platform calls for reducing business regulation, bringing jobs back to the United States and expanding technical education. He highlights legislation involving the use of 529 education savings accounts for career training.
These priorities could affect Georgia employers and students through changes to federal rules and education incentives. His platform does not provide a comprehensive implementation budget or estimates of local job growth.
Housing and immigration
Collins links housing affordability to increasing supply, reducing permitting requirements and tightening immigration enforcement. He supports mass deportations and argues that lower interest rates would also help homebuyers.
He points to his PERMIT Act as an effort to streamline federal permitting. The campaign page does not quantify how much his proposals would reduce housing costs or provide a budget for expanded immigration enforcement.
For Johns Creek residents, changes to federal permitting and immigration policy could affect development, employers and households. Local zoning decisions would remain primarily with local governments. A senator also could not directly set mortgage rates.
Federal spending and oversight
Collins says he wants a smaller federal government and stronger scrutiny of spending and fraud. He identifies Medicaid oversight and accountability for federal programs as priorities.
His current platform does not identify a complete package of spending reductions, a timetable for balancing the budget or projected savings. That leaves the potential effects on Georgia’s federally supported services uncertain.
Foreign policy
Collins favors an “America First” approach that emphasizes military strength, support for allies and greater scrutiny of overseas spending. He says allies should carry a larger share of shared security costs.
His platform does not specify funding levels or identify which international commitments he would reduce.
What a senator could do
A U.S. senator can introduce legislation, vote on taxes and spending, review presidential nominations and conduct oversight. Collins’ proposals would require support from other lawmakers, and many would depend on executive agencies for implementation.
A senator could not independently change immigration law, eliminate federal programs or enact a new tax policy. Constitutional amendments require additional approval beyond ordinary legislation.
Source disclosure: This profile draws on Collins’ campaign website, official House biography and congressional committee materials. Collins did not respond to the candidate questionnaire as of Oct. 20, 2026. The Johns Creek Bulletin does not endorse candidates.
