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Senate Control Hangs on Georgia Runoffs

HeadlineNov 09, 2020

In the Senate race, all eyes are now on Georgia as two runoffs are scheduled for January 5. Democrats would have to win both races to reach 50 seats in the Senate and make future Vice President Kamala Harris the tie-breaking vote. Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock will be up against Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler, who was appointed last year after Senator Johnny Isakson retired due to health issues. And Jon Ossoff will face off against incumbent Republican Senator David Perdue, after Perdue narrowly fell short of 50% of the vote.

Stacey Abrams, who founded voting rights organization Fair Fight and has been credited as one of the organizers who helped flip Georgia blue, said she believes both Democrats can win their races. She spoke on CNN.

Stacey Abrams: “We will have three things happen: One, we’ve got Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock at the top of these tickets working together to make certain that voters come back; number two, we will have the investment and the resources that have never followed our runoffs in Georgia for Democrats; and, number three, this is going to be the determining factor of whether we have access to healthcare and access to justice in the United States. Those are two issues that will make certain that people turn out.”

Meanwhile, the presidential race in Georgia appears poised for a recount as Joe Biden holds a slim margin of less than 0.5% of tallied votes.

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