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By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Tuesday’s elections include a pair of Senate runoffs that will test the power of President Donald Trump’s endorsement in a Republican primary.
In battleground Georgia, two-term Rep. Mike Collins, who picked up the president’s backing over the weekend, faces former football coach Derek Dooley in the race to take on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff.
And in deep-red Alabama, Trump-backed Rep. Barry Moore and political newcomer Jared Hudson, a former Navy SEAL, are vying for the Republican nod for the seat Sen. Tommy Tuberville is vacating to run for governor.
