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Headline Roundup January 4th, 2021

Trump, Biden and Pence Visit Georgia Ahead of the State's Senate Runoff Elections

Summary from the AllSides News Team

President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden each visited Georgia Monday ahead of Tuesday's U.S. Senate runoff races, while Vice President Mike Pence delivered remarks from a Georgia church. The race is key in determining which party will control the Senate during Biden's upcoming term. Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are running for the seats of Republican incumbents Kelly Loeffler and David Purdue. If the Republicans keep their seats, the party would maintain their 52-48 seat majority, giving them the power to potentially block Biden's agenda when he takes office. More than 3 million Georgia residents have already cast early votes, a record for the state's runoff elections. Biden, Trump and Pence's visits received coverage from across the political spectrum; outlets on all sides also provided readers with analysis of the upcoming runoffs and predictions.

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Georgia Senate runoff on pace for record-setting vote haul
Georgia Senate runoff on pace for record-setting vote haul

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At least 3 million people have already cast early votes in the Georgia runoff elections, in what has been a 2-month sprint that will likely determine which party gets the majority in the U.S. Senate.

Those numbers were more than half of the record-setting 4.9 million total voters in the state who cast in the general election.

Both Georgia Senate seats โ€“ and control of the chamber โ€“ will be up for grabs on Tuesday as Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler aim to hold off Democrats Jon Ossoff and...

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Georgiaโ€™s unique runoff system shaped by long, complicated history
Analysis

Georgians sifting through piles of campaign mail mixed in with their holiday cards can blame the stateโ€™s unique runoff system, which has survived multiple legal and political challenges since it originated more than 100 years ago.

Georgia is one of 10 states, mainly in the deep South, that require a runoff if no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast in a primary election. But Georgia is alone in mandating runoffs in general elections, which is how the state is hosting two Senate contests on Jan. 5 that will...

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It All Comes Down To This โ€” 2 Georgia Races That Will Determine Control Of The Senate
Analysis

The political world has trained its focus on Georgia's two U.S. Senate races, which will settle the kind of Senate that President-elect Joe Biden will be dealing with.

The races, taking place Tuesday โ€” the day before Biden is slated to be certified by Congress as the winner of the 2020 presidential election โ€” are expected to be close. Consider that Biden won the rapidly changing but previously traditionally Republican state by fewer than 12,000 votes.

Two wins for Democrats, and they will control the Senate, along with the White...

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