Hice’s decision to run for Secretary of State left an open seat in his solidly Republican 10th District. Former Democratic state Rep. Vernon Jones got Trump’s endorsement after he dropped out of the gubernatorial race. With seven other Republicans in the race, Trump could claim credit for a Jones victory, Bullock said, but he faces stiff competition from trucking company owner Mike Collins, the son of former Rep. Mac Collins who came close to winning the seat in 2014; and former Rep. Paul Broun. Both Collins and Broun have been running pro-Trump campaigns. Collins was the top fundraiser, receiving about $585,000 from contributors and putting another $531,000 of his own money into the race as of May 4.  Jones raised $337,000, the second smallest haul in the race. Collins also had $110,000 in outside support, while a group called Free American PAC spent $27,000 opposing Jones. That group reportedly sent out mailers with a picture of Jones, who is Black, juxtaposed with a picture of a crying white woman alleging that Jones has a history of “intimidation, rape and abuse.” Another candidate, former tax commissioner David Curry, got $67,000 in support from a group called Georgia Values Action. 

Trump has also weighed in on the 9-way race to replace McBath in the Atlanta-area 6th District, which would have voted for Trump by 15 points under the new congressional map. He endorsed former state ethics commission Chairman Jake Evans in the final weeks of the race. Evans’ father, Randy Evans, is a lawyer who was the ambassador to Luxembourg during the Trump administration and helped represent Trump and his campaign in a legal fight related to Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud in 2020. 

Emergency room physician Rich McCormick, who was the 2020 GOP nominee in the 7th District in 2020, has an endorsement from Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. 

All of the candidates have pushed false claims about the 2020 election. McCormick is the top fundraiser in the race, with $2.8 million raised, including a personal loan of $165,000. Jake Evans’ $1.6 million haul, which includes a personal $700,000 loan, was the second-highest. Evans benefited from $57,000 in outside support, with $81,000 spent opposing him. McCormick got $135,000 in outside support, including $6,000 from the anti-tax Club for Growth, an influential group in GOP primaries, with $215,000 in outside spending against him. Meagan Hanson, an attorney and former state representative, got $207,000 in support from a group called Right on Time. 

Trailblazer PAC, which was behind the combined $272,000 spent supporting Jake Evans and opposing McCormick, has gotten $475,000 in contributions through April 28 from Randy Evans.