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Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker remain neck-and-neck in the polls after neither won more than 50% of the vote in the midterms.

Early voting in the Georgia Senate runoff election is officially underway.

ATLANTA -- The Georgia Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated the states ban on abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy, abruptly ending access to later abortions that had resumed days

The business of predictions is hurting elections coverage.

A judge overturned Georgia’s strict abortion ban, ruling Tuesday that since the law was passed when Roe v. Wade was in place, it is therefore void. A U.S. Senate report has found that immigrant women at a South Georgia detention center were coerced into unnecessary invasive gynecological procedures. The Daybreak Center, one of Macon’s main resources for unhoused people, is celebrating its tenth anniversary.

The Friday after Thanksgiving, which once observed Robert E. Lee's birthday, is part of the reason why early voting won't begin until Monday due to Georgia code.

Democrats can retain control of the Senate by winning either the Nevada race, which remains too early to call, or next month's run-off in Georgia. Republicans must now win both of those races to take the majority.

Republicans inched closer to a narrow majority in the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday, while control of the U.S. Senate hinged on a series of tight races in a midterm election that defied expectations of sweeping conservative victories driven by frustration over inflation and U.S. President Joe Biden's leadership.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp won his bid for re-election after gubernatorial Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams conceded. 

According to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, two in five U.S. voters say they are worried about threats of violence and voter intimidation at polling stations during the country’s midterm elections. Broken down by parties, the fear was more in Democratic voters, 51% of whom said they were worried about violence. Compared to 38% of Republicans […]