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60 Minutes · Billionaire Rick Jackson beats Trump-endorsed Burt Jones in Georgia Senate runoff race

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