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60 Minutes · Billionaire Rick Jackson beats Trump-endorsed Burt Jones in Georgia Senate runoff race
- 1. Trump-endorsed Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones lost the Georgia gubernatorial runoff to billionaire healthcare executive Rick Jackson.
- 2. Rick Jackson self-funded over $100 million of his own money in his successful bid, fueling his outsider campaign.
- 3. Trump-backed Congressman Mike Collins won the Senate runoff, defeating Derrick Dooley who was backed by Governor Brian Kemp.
- 4. Governor Brian Kemp suffered two major losses in his state, with both his endorsed candidates losing in the runoffs.
- 5. Democratic Socialist Janice Lewis George holds a 16-point lead in the DC mayoral Democratic primary, which effectively decides the general election.
- 6. President Trump threatened a federal takeover of Washington, D.C., if Lewis George wins, citing the Home Rule Act of 1973.