EXCLUSIVE: Mike Collins Defies Expectations With $2 Million Fundraising Haul

Republican Georgia Rep. Mike Collins’s Senate campaign is touting a significant fundraising haul since entering the crowded primary contest roughly two months earlier.

Over the course of the year’s third fundraising quarter, Collins raised roughly $1.9 million from a broad donor network which includes contributions from all 159 Georgia counties, every state, and multiple territories, according to figures exclusively obtained by the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF). Collins’s campaign is touting the debut haul as proof the Georgia Republican can post solid fundraising numbers while consolidating support among the Kemp-aligned business community and America First conservatives.

“There is no denying this is a movement growing stronger every day, and people are voting with their wallets,” Collins said in a statement obtained by the DCNF. “These fundraising numbers make clear what we have said from the beginning: we will not be outworked, we will not be outhustled, and we will win this race and put the people of Georgia back in the driver’s seat in the United States Senate.”

The Georgia Republican primary contest between Collins, Rep. Buddy Carter, and former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley is one of the most-watched races of the 2026 cycle. Republicans view Georgia as one of their best flip opportunities of the midterm elections and are seeking to scuttle Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff’s bid for a second term.

Collins faced considerable pressure to report a strong third quarter fundraising amount due to expectations Dooley benefits from access to Republican Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s rolodex of donors and Carter likely self-funding much of his campaign.

Collins’s nearly $2 million haul includes roughly 40,000 contributions whose average donation was $47.31. His congressional campaign also transferred roughly $1 million to his Senate campaign.

Collins ended September with approximately $2.4 million in the bank, according to a source familiar with the campaign.