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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - David Perdue, one of two Republican U.S. senators facing a runoff election next week, is quarantining after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus, his campaign said on Thursday.
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Perdue was notified on Thursday he was in “close contact” with someone on his campaign who was infected with the virus, a campaign statement said, adding that Perdue and his wife tested negative.
The quarantine threatens to disrupt the final days of campaigning ahead of the Jan. 5 contest that will determine whether President-elect Joe Biden’s Democrats control both chambers of Congress and can more easily advance his agenda.
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Iowa senator rallies in Albany for Republican candidates ahead of Georgia runoffs
Iowa senator rallies in Albany for Republican candidates ahead of Georgia runoffs By Jamie Worsley | December 29, 2020 at 6:54 PM EST - Updated December 29 at 7:18 PM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst made a stop in Albany on Tuesday.
She is campaigning for Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue and Georgia Public Service Commissioner Lauren âBubbaâ McDonald, Jr.
The Republican U.S. senator paid a visit to BJâs Country Buffet. The Republican U.S. senator paid a visit to BJ s Country Buffet. (Source: WALB)
She said sheâs worked closely with the republican senators serving the state of Georgia.
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President Trump’s economic nationalist agenda, centered on the needs of working and middle class Americans, helped surge support for his campaign in the presidential election in immigrant neighborhoods across the United States.
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New York Timesanalysis of voting patterns in 28,000 precincts, across more than 20 cities, reveals that Trump’s populist-nationalist message brought over huge swaths of immigrants this election compared to the 2016 presidential election.
While the majority of foreign-born voters continue to be a boon to Democrats, Trump ushered in rightward shifts in the electorate in cities like Chicago, Illinois, New York City, New York, Los Angeles, California, and across Florida and Texas.