“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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We don’t know who won Georgia yet, but we do know this: Voter turnout was really high
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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Mijente staffer explains how they went about engaging Georgia’s Latino electorate ahead of the runoffs
“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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Watch Jon Ossoff turn the tables on a Fox Noise reporter trying to ask “gotcha” questions
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.Â
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Good morning. Joe Biden has the lead.
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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There could be TWO Georgia Senate runoffs in January!
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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The race narrows even more in Georgia.
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’s Sen. Loeffler will face Raphael Warnock in January
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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Burst water pipe interferes with ballot counting in Fulton County, Georgia; no ballots damaged
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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Don’t be surprised if we don’t know who will control the Senate for awhile
“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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Nervous Republicans see Trump sinking, and taking McConnell’s Senate majority with him
“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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