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Herschel Walker’s loss in Georgia infuriates Laura Ingraham and fellow Fox personalities

Excerpt: When the Associated Press called the race, Ingraham did not receive the news well, having spent more than a whole season predicting a “red tsunami” would sweep the Senate. “I’m pissed tonight, frankly," said the host who spent autumn predicting the election would yield a red tsunami.
Written by:Joel Connelly
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Senator Raphael Warnock is the projected winner of the 2022 Georgia Senate runoff

Excerpt: With 96.03% of the estimated vote counted, Warnock had a 57,240 vote lead over Walker, a former gridiron star who disgraced himself on the campaign trail with a series of incoherent, ridiculous statements. Warnock had a total of 1,752,384 votes -- 50.8%, while Walker had 1,695,144 votes -- 49.2%
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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2022 Republican electoral losses and Trump legal defeats spur ultra MAGA infighting

Excerpt: The hard right has taken a hard drubbing of late. Its election deniers were denied wins from seats in legislatures, to secretary of state races, to contests for the Senate. That's led to unexpected recriminations.
Written by:Joel Connelly
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Are we a January 5th nation, or a January 6th nation? We Americans must decide, Senator Raphael Warnock tells Seattle crowd

Excerpt: The senator-reverend’s way of thanking donors was to raise spirits of what remains possible in this country, and the role of an enlightened government in making that possible.
Written by:Joel Connelly
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Book Review: Flipped recounts Georgia progressives’ big 2020 breakthrough

Excerpt: The thrilling victories of the Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, which were followed within hours by the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, are richly chronicled in Flipped, a recently published book by the chief political reporter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Greg Bluestein.
Written by:Alexa Moormeier
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Scramble for the Senate: Democrats finally prevail in their quest to regain a majority

Excerpt: With the victories of Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, the Democrats have secured tenuous control of the upper house of Congress.
Written by:Ruairi Vaughan
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Both Georgia Senate races ridiculously tight; Democratic challengers favored to win

Excerpt: That the Democrats could even make a pair of runoff elections in a southern state this close is something many political prognosticators would have dismissed as an utter fantasy just a few months ago, or even a weeks ago.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Polls have closed in Georgia; early results in Senate runoff elections now trickling in

Excerpt: As voting draws to a close in the Peach Tree State, the counting has kicked into high gear. No conclusions can really be drawn from early results, but there is data available to look at.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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After many years, victory in Georgia could finally be within the Democratic Party’s grasp

Excerpt: Regardless of whether or not the party wins the Georgia Senate runoffs, it will have competed fiercely, and left pretty much everything out on the field.
Written by:Ruairi Vaughan
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Cascadia could gain four Senate committee chairs if Democrats win Georgia runoffs next Tuesday: The stakes and the players

Excerpt: If Democrats flip Georgia's two Senate seats, Patty Murray, Maria Cantwell, Ron Wyden, and Jon Tester could all end up running important U.S. Senate committees.
Written by:Joel Connelly
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Scramble for the Senate: The results are in; here’s how the candidates and parties fared

Excerpt: Although the Democrats made gains, control of the upper chamber of Congress will not be decided until January of 2021.
Written by:Ruairi Vaughan
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Scramble for the Senate: Can Democrats secure a seat — or two — in Georgia?

Excerpt: Both of Georgia's U.S. Senate seats are up for grabs this year, and strong Democratic contenders have emerged to vie for them.
Written by:Ruairi Vaughan
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