President Donald Trump held a rally Friday at Dalton Municipal Airport in northwest Georgia for Republican Senate nominee Mike Collins and governor nominee Rick Jackson, GPB, Fox News and the AJC reported. Trump spoke for 1.5 hours, GPB reported. About 1,200 people packed the grandstands, The Guardian reported.

Trump repeated his false claim that Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff did not legitimately win his seat. "Ossoff lost that election, but they gave it to him because it was a rigged election; that's the only reason he became a senator," Trump said, according to GPB. The AJC reported that Trump called Ossoff's January 2021 runoff win over Republican David Perdue "rigged." There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud in Georgia in 2020, and multiple recounts and audits found the election legitimate, GPB reported. Georgia's Republican election officials certified the results and Perdue conceded, the AJC reported.

Trump urged voters to "fire Jon Ossoff and elect Mike Collins" and mocked Ossoff's campaign spending on a makeup artist, Fox News reported. Collins promised the crowd he would have the president's back in the Senate, GPB and the AJC reported. Jackson, who has recently aligned himself more with Gov. Brian Kemp than with Trump, gave brief remarks about growing up in foster care, GPB reported. Trump said Lt. Gov. Burt Jones is backing Jackson, but Jones has never publicly endorsed him, the AJC reported.

Trump also promoted his immigration crackdown and defended U.S. military action in Iran, GPB reported. Protesters opposed to immigration enforcement were escorted out, GPB, the AJC and The Guardian reported.

Ossoff has led Collins in recent polling, with the latest showing him nine points ahead, The Guardian reported. "I'm surprised Georgia Republicans want the president here," Ossoff said, adding that Trump and Collins have pushed policies that have "driven the cost of groceries, fuel and healthcare to their all-time highs," CBS News Atlanta reported. Ossoff has criticized the Iran war, saying it has driven up prices and cost American lives, GPB reported.

Keisha Lance Bottoms, the Democratic nominee for governor, said, "When Donald Trump says he wants people to imagine that he is on the ballot, I am asking the people of Georgia to do just that," CBS News Atlanta reported. Ossoff and Bottoms hold a joint rally Saturday in Cobb County, GPB reported. Collins spokesperson Meyer Siegfried called Collins a "bipartisan workhorse who will work with anybody" and said "Ossoff hates Trump more than he loves our state," CBS News Atlanta reported. Trump returns to Georgia for a rally in Macon on Oct. 24, the AJC reported.

What we know: Trump rallied for Collins and Jackson in Dalton on Friday and repeated his false claim that Ossoff's win was rigged.
What we don't: Whether the rally shifts a Senate race in which recent polls have shown Ossoff ahead.