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Tag: GA-Sen

Herschel Walker speaks to Wounded Warrior Battalion about mental health

Republican operative: “Herschel was like a plane crash into a train wreck that rolled into a dumpster fire”

December 7th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

“You kind of had to watch it squinting through one eye between your fingers,” Dan Lagan told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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Georgia Election Results Update

We don’t know who won Georgia yet, but we do know this: Voter turnout was really high

January 5th, 2021 Rich Erwin Elections

Via Daily Kos Elections: “Just under 5 million votes were cast in November, so that means we could see runoff turnout at about 85% of Election Day turnout. By contrast, in 2008, which was the last time Georgia hosted a Senate runoff, turnout in the runoff was just 57% of Election Day.”

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Georgia Election Results Update

Mijente staffer explains how they went about engaging Georgia’s Latino electorate ahead of the runoffs

January 5th, 2021 Rich Erwin Elections

“Bold, grassroots organizing is what wins elections,” Tania Unzueta Carrasco says, telling the story of how they successfully contacted every single Latino voter in the Peachtree State.

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Jon Ossoff on FNC

Watch Jon Ossoff turn the tables on a Fox Noise reporter trying to ask “gotcha” questions

December 31st, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Elections, Media & Culture

Focused remarks? Check. Message discipline? Check. Making the most of an opportunity to speak to right wing voters and do some reframing? Check. Jon Ossoff shows how it’s done. 

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National Election Results Update

Good morning. Joe Biden has the lead.

November 6th, 2020 Ruairi Vaughan Elections

If the Vice President’s numbers stay steady in Pennsylvania and Georgia, he is all but guaranteed to win the 2020 election.

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Georgia Election Results Update

There could be TWO Georgia Senate runoffs in January!

November 5th, 2020 Ruairi Vaughan Elections

Democrat Jon Ossoff is on track to deny David Purdue the 50% of the vote the Senator needs to avoid a runoff.

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Georgia Election Results Update

The race narrows even more in Georgia.

November 5th, 2020 Ruairi Vaughan Elections

Trump is still ahead of Biden in the Peach State, but votes from deep-blue counties are eating into his lead.

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Georgia Election Results Update

Georgia’s Sen. Loeffler will face Raphael Warnock in January

November 3rd, 2020 Ruairi Vaughan Elections

The Republican incumbent saw off a challenge from U.S. Representative Doug Collins, and will proceed to a runoff vote in the new year.

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Georgia Election Results Update

Burst water pipe interferes with ballot counting in Fulton County, Georgia; no ballots damaged

November 3rd, 2020 Rich Erwin Elections

Ben Brasch of The Atlanta Journal Constitution has details on an a burst water pipe that is impairing one of Georgia’s biggest counties from counting ballots tonight.

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U.S. Senate Map in 2016

Don’t be surprised if we don’t know who will control the Senate for awhile

October 27th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

“When will we know who won the Senate? That question isn’t being asked too often, but it’s far likelier that control of the Senate is uncertain after November 3rd than the result of the presidential election is,” writes David Weigel.

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Donald Trump points at Mitch McConnell

Nervous Republicans see Trump sinking, and taking McConnell’s Senate majority with him

April 26th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

“The election is still six months away, but a rash of ominous new polls and the president’s erratic briefings have the Republicans worried about a Democratic takeover,” The New York Times reports.

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