Crucial Georgia senate runoff one day away
A record number of voters cast early ballots for Georgia's runoff Senate election on Tuesday. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss.
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A record number of voters cast early ballots for Georgia's runoff Senate election on Tuesday. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss.
Both President Trump and President-elect Joe Biden are heading to Georgia to campaign for Senate candidates ahead of Tuesday's runoff. But the president's phone call where he urged Georgia's secretary of state to "find" votes to overturn Biden's win is casting a shadow over the race. Atlanta Journal-Constitution politics editor Susan Potter joins CBSN's Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers to discuss what to expect.
Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff has emerged as the best funded Senate candidate in U.S. history. His challenge to unseat Republican incumbent Senator David Perdue, and Georgia's other contest between Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler will decide which party controls the Senate chamber for the first two years of the Biden administration. Just two days out from Election Day, Ossoff joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss everything from the Trump administration's "outrageous incompetence" to his thoughts on expanding the Supreme Court.
The Georgia Senate runoff elections are just days away. Charles Bullock, III, a distinguished professor of public and international affairs at the University of Georgia, joined CBSN with the significance of the elections.
Perdue's announcement comes days ahead of the runoff election in Georgia.
Senator David Perdue's campaign says he will quarantine after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. The news comes ahead of Tuesday's Senate runoff elections in Georgia. CBS News 2020 campaign reporter Adam Brewster joins CBS News' Omar Villafranca to discuss the state of the race.
More than 2.5 million early votes have already been cast in Georgia's Senate runoff elections. Tia Mitchell, a Washington correspondent for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, joined CBSN with the latest on the races that will decide which party controls the Senate.
With less than a week to go until the Senate runoffs in Georgia, a piece in The New York Times looks at the misinformation campaigns targeting voters there. Sheera Frenkel co-wrote the story, and she spoke with Jamie Yuccas on CBSN about where this misinformation is coming from and what to look out for on your social media feeds.
The fight over increasing stimulus payments to $2,000 and a vote to override the president's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act could have big implications for Georgia Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue as they campaign to keep their seats in the January 5th runoffs. Patricia Murphy, politics reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, spoke with Jamie Yuccas on CBSN about what's at stake and the large early voting turnout in the Peach State.
President Trump has finally signed the $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill and funding measure to avert a government shutdown. This comes after days of urging Congress to increase direct payments to Americans to $2,000, which most Republicans opposed. CBS News White House correspondent Paula Reid joins CBSN to explain the latest developments.
Republicans need to hold onto at least one of those Senate seats to keep the Senate majority.
Georgia's January 5 Senate runoff will decide which party controls the Senate for the first two years under the incoming Biden administration. As we get closer to the final day of voting, the election has exposed some deep-seated issues surrounding race and religion within Georgia's Christian population. Christian Science Monitor correspondent Patrik Jonsson joins CBSN to discuss the impact the race is having on religious observers across the state.
There are just two weeks left until Georgia's Senate runoff elections. Both Republicans and Democrats have made visits to the state to stump for their candidates in a race that will ultimately determine which party will control the Senate. Meantime, early voting is in full swing, with data showing more than 1.6 million people having cast their ballots. Tia Mitchell, Washington correspondent for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, joins CBSN's Tom Hanson with her analysis.
The final Senate race of the 2020 election is just two weeks away, as Democrats hope to regain the upper chamber by flipping both seats in Georgia. Andra Gillespie, a professor at Emory University in Atlanta, joins CBSN to provide her analysis on the runoffs.
Early voting is underway in Georgia for two highly contested Senate runoffs, which will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate. Democrat Raphael Warnock is facing off against Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler, and Democrat John Ossoff is challenging GOP incumbent David Perdue. Reporter Emma Hurt from NPR station WABE in Atlanta joins CBSN with more on the campaigns.
Vice President Mike Pence is in Georgia on Thursday to rally support for Republican candidates in the two Senate runoff elections. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns joins CBSN from one of the rallies in Columbus, Georgia.
The Georgia runoff elections are critical to determining which party controls the Senate.
The two runoff races that will decide who controls the Senate are shaping up to be more expensive than any other Senate race in 2020.
President-elect Joe Biden returned to the campaign trail in Atlanta on Tuesday to speak at a rally on behalf of Democratic Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. The outcome of Georgia's Senate runoff elections will determine which party controls the chamber during Mr. Biden's first term. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" from Atlanta with the details.
The Republican senators from Georgia said the Braves' name "honors our Native American heritage" and it should "not be erased."
President-elect Joe Biden is back on the campaign trail in Atlanta to stump for Democratic Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock ahead of Georgia's January 5 runoff elections. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns joins CBSN from Atlanta to discuss.
"This election is not a continuation of what happened in November. It's a complete reset. It'll have a different character. It'll have lower turnout, most likely," a Democratic official said.
Early voting began Monday in Georgia for the two runoff elections that will determine control of the U.S. Senate. Early voting ends on January 1, followed by Election Day on January 5. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns joins CBSN from Atlanta with the latest.
Georgia voters are getting their first chance to cast their ballots in the Senate runoff elections, with early voting beginning Monday. The two races will determine which party holds the majority in the U.S. Senate. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns joins CBSN AM from Atlanta with the latest.
As the Democrats look to swing Georgia blue in the crucial January 5th Senate runoff races, there are new questions surrounding incumbent Republican Senator Dave Perdue's personal financial dealings. An article published by ProPublica details the Senator's off-market sale of his Washington D.C. home. The buyer was a finance industry official whose organization was lobbying a bill in the Senate that the Georgia Senator had been overseeing. ProPublica author Robert Faturechi, who wrote the article, joins CBSN to discuss.