ATLANTA - The big announcement came as no shock to state Sen. Mike Dugan as he strolled into the Georgia Senate chamber Wednesday morning.
U.S. Rep. Doug Collins, a Gainesville Republican with a rising national profile and plenty of friends in the Georgia General Assembly, had just launched his campaign to unseat Gov. Brian Kemp’s handpicked U.S. senator, Atlanta businesswoman Kelly Loeffler.
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