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Headline Roundup January 5th, 2021

Decision Day: Senate Runoff in Georgia

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Control of the U.S. Senate is on the line Tuesday in two runoff elections in Georgia, bringing to a close a campaign that has shattered spending and early turnout records. Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler are trying to hold off Democrat challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.

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Senate in the balance: How Georgia's runoffs break down
Senate in the balance: How Georgia's runoffs break down

Politico

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Democrats are well-positioned, according to early voting data and sparse polling, but Republicans could win with strong Election Day turnout.

The most tightly divided state in the nation will decide on Tuesday which party controls the Senate — and in true 2020 fashion, we might not know who won on election night.

All signs point to a photo finish in Georgia’s twin Senate runoffs, two months after President-elect Joe Biden carried the state by two-tenths of a percentage point. The limited polling slightly favors Democrats, but most surveys are well...

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'Fate of the nation': Georgia voters to decide control of Senate under shadow of President Trump's grievances
'Fate of the nation': Georgia voters to decide control of Senate under shadow of President Trump's grievances

USA TODAY

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Georgia voters head to the polls Tuesday for a pair of runoff elections that will determine control of the U.S. Senate, marking the end of the tumultuous 2020 election cycle that saw Republicans make gains in Congress while losing the White House.

The elections are being held as President Donald Trump continues to allege without evidence that widespread voter fraud in Georgia caused his loss to Joe Biden on Nov. 3. Republicans are worried those claims – punctuated by Trump's extraordinary phone call Saturday when he tried to pressure GOP...

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Democrats Aim to Suppress Trump Voters as Last-Ditch Effort in Georgia as Biden Braces for Losses
Democrats Aim to Suppress Trump Voters as Last-Ditch Effort in Georgia as Biden Braces for Losses

Breitbart News

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An ad released in the final hours of the campaign on Monday squarely focused on trying to split Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) from President Donald Trump. “Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, squaring off with President Trump,” a narrator says at the opening of the ad. “Expected to appoint Kelly Loeffler to the open U.S. Senate seat.”

The ad focused on trying to split Trump from Loeffler, by highlighting how Kemp—Georgia’s governor who Trump says he intends to back a primary challenger against in two years—appointed her to the seat vacated by...

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