Live tonight: Sen. Jon Ossoff faces Rep. Mike Collins in first statewide Senate debate – Atlanta News First

Live tonight: Sen. Jon Ossoff faces Rep. Mike Collins in first statewide Senate debate  Atlanta News First

Pre-debate coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. ahead of the 7 p.m. face-off before a panel of Gray Media journalists. ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and his GOP reelection challenger, U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, will meet tonight in their first debate ahead of next month’s nationally watched 2026 midterms. The debate, hosted by Atlanta News First and broadcast statewide across all Gray Media Georgia stations, begins at 7 p.m., with live, pre-debate coverage beginning at 6:30 p.m. 5:15 p.m. | What are the differences between tonight’s Senate debate and the Atlanta News First gubernatorial town hall earlier this week? 3 p.m. | Doug Reardon, co-host of On the Record With Atlanta News First, previews tonight’s debate: 1 p.m.

| Here are some issues that could come up during tonight’s debate. 12 p.m. | Atlanta News First anchor Rick Folbaum, moderator of tonight’s debate, previews the event. Tonight, Jon Ossoff will actually be forced to answer for his far left record without reading off the script for a change. Tune in at 7 PM on @ATLNewsFirst for the first Georgia Senate debate. https://t.co/PrvAENLFiY It’s debate day in Georgia. https://t.co/u9X74kkeW4 Ossoff and Collins will debate before a panel of Gray Media journalists. Ossoff is the only Democratic incumbent U.S. senator defending his seat this fall in a state