Mike Collins on 2026 Midterm Elections

Statements and actions by Mike Collins on this topic.

Public disputes concerning the 2026 U.S. midterm election cycle, including campaigns, candidates, conventions, advertising, endorsements, and election-related policy promises.

How we classify topics

Counts show individual statements. They do not assign an overall position.

Statement history

2 statements on this page. Dates: June 5, 2025 to August 11, 2026

2 matching statements. Dates: June 5, 2025 to August 11, 2026

4 published statements. Dates: June 5, 2025 to September 4, 2026

Mike Collins
Role at the time: Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Georgia
August 11, 2026Mixed or conditional
Responding to
Did Mike Collins support compensation for January 6 defendants?
"“A lot of things have been politicized and weaponized. And when the federal government harms you, then yes, they have a liability to you. That’s easy, yes sir.”"
Why we used this label
Collins’s answer is conditional on government harm and responds to a question broader than January 6 defendants, but the question was posed by a pardoned January 6 defendant who explicitly included January 6 participants.
Georgia Recorder report on Mike Collins’s January 6 compensation remarks

Savannah breakfast Q&A; Collins campaign clarification

Reports the August 11 Savannah exchange in which a pardoned January 6 defendant asked Collins about compensation for people harmed by a weaponized political system, as well as the Collins campaign’s August 12 clarification that he did not support a blank-check fund or automatic payouts for January 6 prosecutions.

Read statement Did Mike Collins support compensation for January 6 defendants?

Mike Collins

Role at the time: United States representative for Georgia’s 10th Congressional District

June 5, 2025Mixed or conditional

Responding to

Did Jon Ossoff’s Social Security ad fairly represent Mike Collins’s radio interview?

"get off of Social Security"

Why we used this label

The full answer offers a policy rationale for increasing work incentives, while its application to Social Security beneficiaries is the specific point later disputed by the campaigns.

FactCheck.org review of Ossoff’s Social Security advertisement and campaign responsesOssoff advertisement, full radio quotation, and campaign responses

Reporting that identifies when the Ossoff television ad began, links the full June 2025 radio interview and ad, and records direct responses from both campaigns. It is used for the campaigns’ stated interpretations; the radio interview remains the primary record for Collins’s full wording.

Read statement Did Jon Ossoff’s Social Security ad fairly represent Mike Collins’s radio interview?