The third Democrat on the ticket in Georgia: Political future for Stacey Abrams hinges on runoff results

Stacey Abrams isn't running for either Georgia Senate seat being decided Tuesday, but she might have more riding on the outcome than anyone other than the candidates themselves.

The failed 2018 Democratic gubernatorial candidate is the top contender to take on the Republican nominee for the governor's mansion in 2022 after helping President-elect Joe Biden turn Georgia blue in 2020, the first time a Democrat has claimed the state's electoral votes since 1992.

And Abrams's Fair Fight voting rights advocacy group has already been credited for Georgia's record turnout before Tuesday's high-stakes Senate runoffs, along with an estimated $830 million pumped into the state. The two races between incumbent Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler and their Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, respectively, will determine which party controls the chamber this Congress.