Republican Doug Collins finished a long campaign with a huge victory Tuesday night over Democrat Jody Cooley in winning Georgia’s newly drawn 9th District in the U.S. House of Representatives. "I am excited and humbled by the support we have received for three elections now and 16 months of campaigning," Collins said after delivering an acceptance speech to a large crowd at the Hunt Tower off the Gainesville square. Collins, who with 11 of 20 counties reporting captured 76.8 percent of the vote to Cooley’s 23.2 percent, said his opponents in the GOP primary, including conservative radio personality Martha Zoller in the Aug. 21 runoff, "helped make me a stronger candidate.