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Ossoff Leads as Collins Faces Extremist Staff Ties

8/28/2026

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  • Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) faces a Senate race tainted by extremist staff ties.
  • Former intern Preston Parra posted KKK-style robes, a “twink” swastika, and anti-Black slurs.
  • Former chief of staff Kip Talley assisted white supremacist Charles Johnson while on Collins’s staff.
  • Son-in-law David Alan Scheer II shared Nazi propaganda and wrote “Nothing wrong with White Nationalism.”
  • Polls show Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) leading Collins, labeling him a “bigot.”