GA Senate run-offs ... Bring it home G.A, it's all up to YOU... WARNOCK WINS WHILE OSSOFF SEALS THE DEAL AND WINS ...PEACH COBBLER FOR EVERYONE
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God I hope that you're wrong and they both win....... the amount of new young first time voters is epic.... no way that they're turning out for the Republicans
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First exit polls:
Was the 2020 Presidential Election Conducted fairly?
YES ...... 56%
NO......... 41%
DEMOCRATS...... 93% SAY YES
REPUBLICANS.....76% SAY NO
CONFIDENCE THAT RUNOFF VOTES WILL BE COUNTED ACCURATELY
VERY CONFIDENT ....42%
SOMEWHAT CONFIDENT...... 31%
NOT VERY CONFIDENT..... 18%
NOT AT ALL CONFIDENT.... 8%
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Was the 2020 Presidential Election Conducted fairly?
YES ...... 56%
NO......... 41%
DEMOCRATS...... 93% SAY YES
REPUBLICANS.....76% SAY NO
CONFIDENCE THAT RUNOFF VOTES WILL BE COUNTED ACCURATELY
VERY CONFIDENT ....42%
SOMEWHAT CONFIDENT...... 31%
NOT VERY CONFIDENT..... 18%
NOT AT ALL CONFIDENT.... 8%
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OSSOFF POISED TO WIN
Democrats Win One Senate Seat in Georgia; Second Race Too Close to Call
Last Updated
Jan. 6, 2021, 5:52 a.m. ET41 minutes ago
41 minutes ago
With control of the Senate at stake, the Rev. Raphael Warnock’s victory put Democrats one step closer to securing a majority. President Trump falsely claimed that the vice president has the power to reject electors when the Electoral College vote is certified on Wednesday.
This briefing has ended. Follow our latest coverage of the Georgia Senate runoffs and the presidential transition.
Here’s what you need to know:
The Rev. Raphael Warnock at a campaign event in Columbus, Ga., last month.
ATLANTA — Democrats moved a major step closer to capturing control of the Senate on Wednesday morning as Georgia voters elected the Rev. Raphael Warnock, the pastor at the storied Ebenezer Baptist Church, in a hard-fought runoff contest that became roiled by President Trump’s false claims of voter fraud in the state.
Mr. Warnock’s victory over the Republican incumbent, Kelly Loeffler, was called by The Associated Press early Wednesday. It represented a landmark breakthrough for African-Americans in politics as well as for Georgia: He became the first Black Democrat elected to the Senate from the South.
For Democrats to take the Senate, which is crucial to enacting President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s first-term agenda, they also need to win Georgia’s other Senate runoff held on Tuesday. With an estimated 98 percent of votes counted in that race as of 4 a.m. Wednesday, the Republican candidate, David Perdue, trailed his Democratic rival, Jon Ossoff, by 12,806 votes.
Turnout in rural, overwhelmingly white counties where Republicans needed a strong showing was lagging without Mr. Trump on the ballot, and many of Georgia’s heavily Black localities saw turnout levels that neared those of the presidential race in November.
While Mr. Warnock’s win was a major gain for his party — he is the first Democrat to be elected to the Senate from Georgia since 2000 — both political parties remained on edge over the unresolved Ossoff-Perdue race and its implications for the next two years in American politics. Whichever party wins that race will control the Senate, with Republicans counting on Mr. Perdue to prevail and give them the ability to constrain Mr. Biden’s policy ambitions.
Ms. Loeffler had rebranded herself as a hard-line Trump loyalist to fend off a challenge from the right in the first round of voting. In recent weeks, she continued to embrace the president, even using an election-eve rally with Mr. Trump in northwest Georgia to proudly declare that she would oppose certifying his loss to Mr. Biden when Congress meets on Wednesday.
Mr. Warnock and Mr. Ossoff ran as a virtual package deal, as did the two Republicans, often appearing at events together and crafting similar messages about the stark consequences for the nation if the other side won. Republicans used much of the runoff to focus on Mr. Warnock’s sermons, a line of attack that appeared to mobilize African-American voters, especially in more conservative rural Georgia where the church is a pillar of many communities.
Mr. Trump’s refusal to acknowledge his defeat also robbed Ms. Loeffler of what might have been her best argument in what is still a slightly right-leaning state — that she would be a check on the liberal excesses in a government fully controlled by Democrats.
Even before polls closed on Tuesday, senior Republican campaign officials were pinning the blame on the president, noting that their polling testified to the power of the “check-and-balance” argument the party was unable to make because of Mr. Trump’s denial.
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Democrats Win One Senate Seat in Georgia; Second Race Too Close to Call - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
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Democrats Win One Senate Seat in Georgia; Second Race Too Close to Call
Last Updated
Jan. 6, 2021, 5:52 a.m. ET41 minutes ago
41 minutes ago
With control of the Senate at stake, the Rev. Raphael Warnock’s victory put Democrats one step closer to securing a majority. President Trump falsely claimed that the vice president has the power to reject electors when the Electoral College vote is certified on Wednesday.
This briefing has ended. Follow our latest coverage of the Georgia Senate runoffs and the presidential transition.
Here’s what you need to know:
- Warnock beats Loeffler in Georgia Senate race.
- Warnock pledges to fight for all Georgians.
- Pence is said to have told Trump that he does not have the power to change the election result.
- More than 4 million votes were cast in the Georgia runoffs, surpassing the 2016 election.
- Pennsylvania G.O.P. refuses to seat Democratic lawmaker in State Legislature.
- Trump’s fraud claims could hurt Georgia’s Republican candidates.
- ‘I need their votes,’ Biden says of Georgia’s Democratic Senate candidates.
- George W. Bush will attend Biden’s inauguration, while Carter will miss it.
- Voters endured a January chill as they headed to the polls for Georgia’s highly consequential runoffs.
ATLANTA — Democrats moved a major step closer to capturing control of the Senate on Wednesday morning as Georgia voters elected the Rev. Raphael Warnock, the pastor at the storied Ebenezer Baptist Church, in a hard-fought runoff contest that became roiled by President Trump’s false claims of voter fraud in the state.
Mr. Warnock’s victory over the Republican incumbent, Kelly Loeffler, was called by The Associated Press early Wednesday. It represented a landmark breakthrough for African-Americans in politics as well as for Georgia: He became the first Black Democrat elected to the Senate from the South.
For Democrats to take the Senate, which is crucial to enacting President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s first-term agenda, they also need to win Georgia’s other Senate runoff held on Tuesday. With an estimated 98 percent of votes counted in that race as of 4 a.m. Wednesday, the Republican candidate, David Perdue, trailed his Democratic rival, Jon Ossoff, by 12,806 votes.
Turnout in rural, overwhelmingly white counties where Republicans needed a strong showing was lagging without Mr. Trump on the ballot, and many of Georgia’s heavily Black localities saw turnout levels that neared those of the presidential race in November.
While Mr. Warnock’s win was a major gain for his party — he is the first Democrat to be elected to the Senate from Georgia since 2000 — both political parties remained on edge over the unresolved Ossoff-Perdue race and its implications for the next two years in American politics. Whichever party wins that race will control the Senate, with Republicans counting on Mr. Perdue to prevail and give them the ability to constrain Mr. Biden’s policy ambitions.
Ms. Loeffler had rebranded herself as a hard-line Trump loyalist to fend off a challenge from the right in the first round of voting. In recent weeks, she continued to embrace the president, even using an election-eve rally with Mr. Trump in northwest Georgia to proudly declare that she would oppose certifying his loss to Mr. Biden when Congress meets on Wednesday.
Mr. Warnock and Mr. Ossoff ran as a virtual package deal, as did the two Republicans, often appearing at events together and crafting similar messages about the stark consequences for the nation if the other side won. Republicans used much of the runoff to focus on Mr. Warnock’s sermons, a line of attack that appeared to mobilize African-American voters, especially in more conservative rural Georgia where the church is a pillar of many communities.
Mr. Trump’s refusal to acknowledge his defeat also robbed Ms. Loeffler of what might have been her best argument in what is still a slightly right-leaning state — that she would be a check on the liberal excesses in a government fully controlled by Democrats.
Even before polls closed on Tuesday, senior Republican campaign officials were pinning the blame on the president, noting that their polling testified to the power of the “check-and-balance” argument the party was unable to make because of Mr. Trump’s denial.
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Democrats Win One Senate Seat in Georgia; Second Race Too Close to Call - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
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GO TEAM GEORGIA.... PEACH COBBLER FOR EVERYONE
Democrats Seize Full Control Of Government As Ossoff, Warnock Win Georgia Senate Seats
TOPLINE
Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock defeated incumbent Sens. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) and David Perdue (R-Ga.) in the Georgia Senate runoff on Wednesday according to NBC News, cementing Democratic control of the government and giving President-elect Joe Biden a considerably smoother path to confirming his nominees and implementing his agenda.
KEY FACTS
Warnock, a pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, and Ossoff, a journalist and documentary filmmaker, narrowly defeated Loeffler and Perdue in what proved to be one of the most competitive Senate races in the country.
The races attracted national attention given their determinant status in the partisan control of the Senate – though Republicans struggled to convey that gravity without accidentally conceding President Trump’s election loss.
The wins put Democrats and Republicans at 50 Senate seats each, with Republicans retaining control only until Vice President-elect Kamala Harris takes office on Jan. 20, at which point Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will become Senate Majority Leader.
Despite razor-thin majorities in both chambers, Democrats will enter the first two years of Biden’s presidency with control of committees and the legislative process, giving them the opportunity to confirm Biden’s nominees, some of whom likely would have faced more difficulty in GOP-controlled confirmation battles.
Still, the win hardly serves as an across-the-board victory for liberal Democrats – as Republicans frequently claimed it would during the race – with the votes of more conservative-leaning Democrats like Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) still required for Democrats to reach a majority.
KEY BACKGROUND
Warnock and Ossoff each advanced to runoffs after keeping their Republican opponents below 50% in November, though in very different circumstances. Ossoff finished 1.8 points behind Perdue in a race that only featured two major party candidates, while Warnock and Loeffler finished first and second in a more crowded jungle election, but only garnered 33% and 26% of the vote respectively.
SURPRISING FACT
Georgia will have two Democratic senators for the first time in nearly 20 years, making it the second state to flip its Senate delegation from fully Republican to fully Democrat in the last two years – the first being Arizona, which elected Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) in November after electing Sinema in 2018.
CHIEF CRITIC
President Trump spent election day sowing doubts about the runoffs, baselessly claiming that a win by Democrats would be the result of widespread fraud – a continuation of the false claims he has made about his own loss to Biden in November.
CRUCIAL QUOTE
Even before the race was called, some Republicans blamed Trump and his fraud claims for the impending loss, arguing that his continued insistence that the election was stolen depressed GOP turnout. “It’ll fall squarely on the shoulders of President Trump and his action on Nov. 3,” Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling told CNN, accusing Trump of stoking a “civil war” within the Republican party for going after GOP officials who refused to overturn the election.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
Ossoff and Warnock will not be sworn in until the election is certified, which, barring legal challenges from Loeffler and Perdue, will likely occur before Biden and Harris take office on Jan. 20.
Democrats Seize Full Control Of Government As Ossoff, Warnock Win Georgia Senate Seats (forbes.com)
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Democrats Seize Full Control Of Government As Ossoff, Warnock Win Georgia Senate Seats
TOPLINE
Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock defeated incumbent Sens. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) and David Perdue (R-Ga.) in the Georgia Senate runoff on Wednesday according to NBC News, cementing Democratic control of the government and giving President-elect Joe Biden a considerably smoother path to confirming his nominees and implementing his agenda.
KEY FACTS
Warnock, a pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, and Ossoff, a journalist and documentary filmmaker, narrowly defeated Loeffler and Perdue in what proved to be one of the most competitive Senate races in the country.
The races attracted national attention given their determinant status in the partisan control of the Senate – though Republicans struggled to convey that gravity without accidentally conceding President Trump’s election loss.
The wins put Democrats and Republicans at 50 Senate seats each, with Republicans retaining control only until Vice President-elect Kamala Harris takes office on Jan. 20, at which point Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will become Senate Majority Leader.
Despite razor-thin majorities in both chambers, Democrats will enter the first two years of Biden’s presidency with control of committees and the legislative process, giving them the opportunity to confirm Biden’s nominees, some of whom likely would have faced more difficulty in GOP-controlled confirmation battles.
Still, the win hardly serves as an across-the-board victory for liberal Democrats – as Republicans frequently claimed it would during the race – with the votes of more conservative-leaning Democrats like Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) still required for Democrats to reach a majority.
KEY BACKGROUND
Warnock and Ossoff each advanced to runoffs after keeping their Republican opponents below 50% in November, though in very different circumstances. Ossoff finished 1.8 points behind Perdue in a race that only featured two major party candidates, while Warnock and Loeffler finished first and second in a more crowded jungle election, but only garnered 33% and 26% of the vote respectively.
SURPRISING FACT
Georgia will have two Democratic senators for the first time in nearly 20 years, making it the second state to flip its Senate delegation from fully Republican to fully Democrat in the last two years – the first being Arizona, which elected Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) in November after electing Sinema in 2018.
CHIEF CRITIC
President Trump spent election day sowing doubts about the runoffs, baselessly claiming that a win by Democrats would be the result of widespread fraud – a continuation of the false claims he has made about his own loss to Biden in November.
CRUCIAL QUOTE
Even before the race was called, some Republicans blamed Trump and his fraud claims for the impending loss, arguing that his continued insistence that the election was stolen depressed GOP turnout. “It’ll fall squarely on the shoulders of President Trump and his action on Nov. 3,” Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling told CNN, accusing Trump of stoking a “civil war” within the Republican party for going after GOP officials who refused to overturn the election.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
Ossoff and Warnock will not be sworn in until the election is certified, which, barring legal challenges from Loeffler and Perdue, will likely occur before Biden and Harris take office on Jan. 20.
Democrats Seize Full Control Of Government As Ossoff, Warnock Win Georgia Senate Seats (forbes.com)
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