Takeaways from Georgia's GOP primaries

Yeah, money makes a difference. It does make a difference. And it will make a difference later as he faces Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former Atlanta mayor who's the Democratic nominee in that race. But yes, very interesting enough, I think it also fits into that narrative that we've been seeing all cycle long, at least in this runoff, where voters are thirsty for an outsider, anti-establishment candidate. And he really hit that. Even though he's a billionaire, he had this anti-establishment tenor that was really unique.

And yet he had someone who you and I both know, Nick Ayers. He name checked him in his celebratory remarks last night, named him as his campaign strategist for helping him win this election. Nick Ayers is very experienced. He used to work in the Trump White House. So he had a political pro in Georgia running this outsider campaign. So it wasn't all outsider. He had a very experienced person at the helm. Absolutely. And Nick Ayers is a former chief of staff for Vice President Pence. And he was very close. And look, a big part of the 2016--

And knows Georgia politics [? back and forth. ?] Very well, a very strong political operative there. So he overcame not just Trump's endorsement, but Governor Kemp, Brian Kemp, who before yesterday, a lot of people were talking about a potential 2028 contender, right? He spent a lot of his political capital not just in this race, but in the other big runoff yesterday, which is, of course, the Senate runoff. And he went 0 for 2, right? So Jackson overcame Trump and Kemp--

Because Kemp endorsed Bert Jones also. He did, Lieutenant Governor Bert Jones, his lieutenant governor. He was also someone who was a close MAGA ally of the president. He was an alternate elector back in 2020. He was-- longtime relationship with Trump, but he lost in that. Kemp's hand-picked candidate, Derek Dooley, the former football coach, lost in that race. So he went 0 for 2, a lot of political capital spent.

In Georgia, with not much to show. Not much to show. But, Ted Cruz, though-- How do you look at that Senate race? Look, it is one of the most crucial. Jon Ossoff. Jon Ossoff-- --incumbent Democrat, $60 million in his campaign war chest. Yes. Mike Collins won the runoff. He will be the Republican challenger, has about a little under $2 million, as I understand it. Yeah. And look, it is--

There'll be no shortage of money in this race. Absolutely not. And look, I even talked to some people close to Ossoff today who basically told me, we're not taking anything for granted. We did get the candidate we wanted. And Mike Collins, again, who the president calls MAGA Mike-- remember, Georgia's gotten much more purplish over the last few cycles. They're feeling pretty good. A ton of money, as you said. But they expect Collins to get a ton of money also from his Republican allies pretty quickly. It's going to be one of the top races in the country that could decide who controls the Senate. Fin Gomez, appreciate it, sir. Thank you very much. Absolutely.