{
  "id": 13748101,
  "title": "Jon Ossoff Extends Lead Over Mike Collins in Georgia Senate Race Poll",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/jon-ossoff-extends-lead-over-mike-collins-in-georgia-senate-race-poll",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T15:37:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Newsweek",
    "slug": "newsweek",
    "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/jon-ossoff-extends-lead-over-mike-collins-in-georgia-senate-race-poll-12552612"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff has widened his lead over Republican challenger Mike Collins in the Georgia Senate race, according to a recent poll by the Trafalgar Group. The poll, conducted among 1,101 likely general election voters from October 7 to 9, shows Ossoff leading Collins by 8 percentage points, with 51 percent support compared to Collins' 43 percent. An additional 5.9 percent of respondents are undecided. This is an improvement from Trafalgar's September poll, which had Ossoff with a six-point lead. The poll's margin of error is plus or minus 2.9 percentage points. Ossoff's advantage is seen as significant, with Georgia being one of the most closely watched Senate races in the upcoming midterm elections. While Republicans believe the race to be competitive, citing Trump's victory in 2024, Democrats hope the decline in Trump's national approval rating could give them an edge in the swing state. Ossoff, a Democrat, is projected to win in the majority of prediction markets, with Kalshi giving him a 95.4% chance of victory and Polymarket giving him a 96% chance.",
  "summary": "Georgia's Senate race remains one of the most closely watched contests of this year's midterms.",
  "key_points": [
    "Jon Ossoff leads Mike Collins by 8 percentage points in Georgia Senate race poll.",
    "Ossoff's lead improves from six-point margin in September poll.",
    "Ossoff projected to win in majority of prediction markets."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}