Trump Goes 3-for-4 in Tuesday Primaries: Senate Wins in Alabama, Georgia, and Oklahoma, Governor's Race Lost in Georgia

Since Tuesday's results came in and we reported the Georgia gubernatorial split on June 17, the complete scoreboard from the night's primaries across four states and the District of Columbia has come into focus.

The Senate column was clean. Trump went 3-for-3.

Alabama: Moore Beats the SEAL

Rep. Barry Moore won the Alabama Republican Senate runoff Tuesday night, defeating Navy SEAL and political newcomer Jared Wade Hudson, according to CBS News. Moore had entered the runoff with roughly 40% of the vote from last month's primary; Hudson had won about 26%. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall was eliminated in the first round.

Moore has represented Alabama's 2nd Congressional District since 2021 and is a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus. Trump endorsed him as "an America First Patriot, and friend, who has been with me from the very beginning," per CBS News. Hudson ran hard on an outsider identity and his own America First credentials, but it wasn't enough.

Moore now faces either business owner Dakarai Larriett or attorney Everett Wess in November. The Democratic runoff was also held Tuesday. Outside of Doug Jones' 2017 special election win, Alabama hasn't sent a Democrat to the Senate in roughly 30 years. Trump carried the state by 30 points in 2024. Moore's path to the Senate is, by any honest read, a very short walk.

Georgia Senate: Collins Through

Rep. Mike Collins won the Georgia Republican Senate runoff and will face Democratic incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff in November, according to Fox News. Collins spoke to supporters Tuesday night in Jackson, Georgia, per AP News photos from the event. That race now sets up one of the more closely watched Senate contests of the 2026 cycle. Ossoff held his seat in 2020 by a thin margin in a January runoff, and Georgia remains genuinely competitive territory.

The strongest counterargument for Democrats is straightforward: Georgia has a track record of defying ruby-red expectations. Stacey Abrams came within 1.4 points of the governorship in 2018, Ossoff and Raphael Warnock both won Senate runoffs in January 2021, and the state's changing suburban demographics have made it a persistent swing-state story. Ossoff is an incumbent with fundraising capacity and name recognition. Collins will need to perform well outside his existing congressional base to win statewide. That's a real challenge, not a talking point.

Oklahoma: Hern Takes the Nomination

Rep. Kevin Hern won the Oklahoma GOP Senate primary Tuesday, according to AP News. Hern, tagged by Fox News with the nickname "McCongressman" (a reference to his McDonald's franchise background), has vowed to push for the SAVE Act, which tightens voter registration requirements to proof of citizenship. The act has stalled in Congress. Hern's Senate nomination puts him in a strong position in a state Trump won comfortably in 2024.

AP News also noted that Oklahoma's governor's race headed to a runoff, though that contest did not involve a Trump endorsement outcome that bears on Tuesday's overall tally.

The One That Got Away

As reported here on June 17, Georgia's Republican governor's runoff went to billionaire Rick Jackson over Trump-backed candidate Vernon Jones, flipping the script from the Senate race next door. Jackson declared his campaign had "shattered the political class," per Fox News video from his victory event. That loss is the asterisk on an otherwise strong Tuesday for Trump's endorsement record.

Democrats: Alabama and DC

Alabama Democrats also held a Senate runoff Tuesday. Fox News noted the party crowned a nominee headed into a general election in a state where winning is, to be plain about it, a steep climb. The nominee's name was not confirmed across the sources reviewed here; CBS News identified Larriett and Wess as the two candidates still in contention as of Tuesday night, with no projected winner available in these source materials.

In Washington, D.C., the Democratic mayoral primary was also underway Tuesday, with AP News and 2news referencing results coming in but not providing a confirmed winner in the available source text.

What the Scoreboard Actually Means

Fox News framed Tuesday as a strong night for Trump's endorsement machine, which is accurate for the Senate column. Fox did not prominently weight the Georgia governor's loss in its Senate-focused headlines, because that loss is material to any full accounting of the night.

The honest read: Trump's Senate endorsements held in three states with favorable terrain. The governor's race in Georgia showed that a well-funded, credible outsider can beat a Trump pick when the candidate is strong enough and the state electorate is competitive enough. That's one data point, not a trend, but it's the one race to watch for signals about 2026 midterm dynamics.

The Collins-Ossoff matchup in Georgia is now the most consequential general-election contest to emerge from Tuesday's results. Democrats need to net seats to change the Senate balance of power, and Ossoff's incumbency in a genuine swing state gives them a real asset. Whether Collins can consolidate the Georgia GOP coalition and turn out Trump voters in a midterm environment—historically a harder task for the president's party—is the unresolved question that will define that race through November.