Jan 05 Georgia counting votes in runoffs that decide Senate control By Steve Peoples, Bill Barrow, Russ Bynum, Associated Press Democrats need to win both races to seize the Senate majority and, with it, control of the new Congress when Biden takes office in two weeks. Continue reading
Jan 05 40% of the expected vote is in By News Desk Georgia officials have made some changes from November in an effort to expedite the ballot counting process. Continue reading
Jan 05 Democratic Senate candidates outperformed Republicans in Georgia suburbs, per AP By News Desk Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock narrowly won the all-important suburban vote in Georgia's runoffs, according to AP VoteCast survey data. Continue reading
Jan 05 Republican voters in Georgia’s Senate runoffs believe Biden was not legitimately elected By News Desk About three-quarters of voters who backed Republican candidates in Georgia’s Senate runoffs say President-elect Joe Biden was not legitimately elected in November. Continue reading
Jan 05 Warnock would be first Black person to represent Georgia in the Senate, if elected By Daniel Bush Raphael Warnock is seeking to become the first Black person elected to the U.S. Senate from Georgia. Just 10 Black people have been elected to the Senate, including three current members: Sens. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., and… Continue reading
Jan 05 Black voters accounted for 32% of electorate in Georgia Senate runoffs By Daniel Bush According to the early AP vote survey, Black voters accounted for 32 percent of the electorate in the Georgia runoff races, a slight increase of 3 percent from the general election in November. The white share of the electorate declined… Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 6:45 Georgia voters head to the polls to decide control of the U.S. Senate All eyes are on Georgia, where voters went to the polls on Tuesday to decide the fate of the U.S. Senate. Stephen Fowler, a political reporter for Georgia Public Broadcasting and host of the Battleground: Ballot Box podcast, joins Judy… Continue watching
Jan 05 Hack of federal agencies ‘likely Russian in origin,’ say security agencies By Eric Tucker, Frank Bajak, Associated Press The statement represents the U.S. government's first formal attempt to assign responsibility for the breaches at multiple agencies and to assign a possible motive for the operation. Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 4:05 News Wrap: White Wisconsin officer avoids criminal charges in Jacob Blake shooting In our news wrap Tuesday, the white police officer who shot and paralyzed a Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin last summer will not be charged, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 tops 356,000, the nation’s top national security agencies acknowledge… Continue watching
Jan 05 60% of Georgia voters say party control is top issue By News Desk Democrats must win both seats to take control of the Senate, while Republicans just need to win one of the two seats. Continue reading