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Dec. 1, 2022, 11:25 p.m.

Early voting in Georgia Senate runoff between Warnock and Walker breaks records

Summary

Georgia’s runoff election for a U.S. Senate seat has broken records for the most people voting early on a single day. In total, more than one million people have already cast their ballots in the race between incumbent Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker. For a transcript of this story, click here . You may also choose another story from the newscast by clicking on the image below. Then answer the following questions.

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