Tag: Georgia

Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history.

Democrats were on the cusp of taking control of Congress as Raphael Warnock declared victory and Jon Ossoff was locked in a narrow race late Tuesday.

Ballots are still being counted in the Georgia runoffs that will determine control of the U.S. Senate and the scope of President-elect Joe Biden’s agenda. Here are some early takeaways.

Election workers check-in, sort, and signature verify absentee ballots for the state’s U.S. Senate runoff election at the Beauty P. Baldwin Voter Registrations and Elections Building on Tuesday night, …

Republican Georgia Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue said Tuesday that the election could “come down to the difference of just a few votes in a few precincts across the state.” …

Polls are closed in Georgia after two months of fierce campaigning in two runoff U.S. Senate elections that put the state under an unprecedented microscope with the balance of power in the upper …

The lawyer faced criticism after joining the president in pressuring the state’s election officials to overturn Joe Biden’s victory.

Georgia’s high-stakes Senate runoff races were on a knife-edge on Tuesday night as election results poured in, with control of the US Senate, the scope of the Biden administration and the future of …

“I did get accused of treason this week,” said Matt Mashburn, a Republican member of Georgia’s statewide Board of Elections. “And I didn’t know Georgia was at war.” …

As the president pursues his own agenda, the fallout could have longstanding repercussions in a state where Republicans have dominated for years.