georgia

Objections to Georgia results fail without senators' support

By Associated Press

While a number of Republican members of the House of Representatives objected to the results of the presidential election in Georgia, a state Joe Biden narrowly won, but without a senator joining their objection, the objection failed.

Democrats capture control of the Senate with victories in Georgia

By PBS NewsHour

In the midst of the chaos at the Capitol, we saw a shift of power in the U.S. Senate after the vote in Georgia as Democrats won both runoff elections. William Brangham has the story.

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Ossoff wins in Georgia, tipping Senate control to Democrats

By Steve Peoples, Bill Barrow, Russ Bynum, Associated Press

Democrat Jon Ossoff wins election to U.S. Senate from Georgia, beating incumbent Sen. David Perdue.

Georgia GOP election night party begins to empty

By News Desk

The Republican election night party in Atlanta is beginning to empty, with those remaining increasingly concerned that one or both GOP Georgia Senate candidates could lose.

Polls close in Georgia's runoff elections with control of the U.S. Senate on the line

All eyes are on Georgia, where polls closed in two runoff elections that will determine control of the U.S. Senate. Stephen Fowler, a political reporter for Georgia Public Broadcasting and host of the Battleground: Ballot Box podcast, joins Judy Woodruff…

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FBI probed bomb threat for Georgia polling site

By News Desk

The elections director for Georgia's most populous county says a bomb threat targeting an Election Day polling place in Georgia’s most populous county was investigated last week by the FBI.

Most populous county sees more votes than Nov. 3

By News Desk

Fulton County elections director Rick Barron gave reporters a rough estimate of more than 70,000 votes cast in person on Tuesday, versus about 60,000 in-person votes on Nov. 3.

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.

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.

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.