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Ranks. >> andy biggs is a good man and friend of mine. i think kevin mccarthy is going to be the speaker. >> needs outright majority of all casting ballots by name. the magic number isn't known until the end of the vote. mccarthy could vote present so those votes a would not count toward calculating the majority. >> members can get up and say anything. they can say present. but sometimes they will throw out a different name. colin powell was a name that would often get thrown out. >> speaker doesn't need to be a member of the house. that's why some republicans whispered the names of retired fr...

Already gone and voted. we voted early this time. >> i think he is so good he'll pull it off. >> reporter: voters like john and markey haynes keep the run-off hanging in suspense since they are republicans who already voted, a sign that not only democrats are casting ballots early. >> i think they'll get this right. they know this race is about competence and character. and i remain hopeful i'll be able to continue to do this work for the next six years. >> reporter: the white house is also watching closely. a warnock win would give democrats a 51 to 49 majority in the senate. not only breathi...

Of early vote. if there was one area where democrats lagged behind expectations in november, it was turnout of black voters. you have seen in some of the data for early vote, democrats may be improving the share of turnout among african american voters. that could help their chances as well. i think what's most striking about november and what creates the biggest question mark for tonight is, this herschel walker result, finishing a point behind warnock in november, that was the exception to the rule in georgia when it came to how republicans fared in statewide races. brian kemp in november ha...

On tuesday. >> tia, what are you hearing about what is motivating people to come out and cast their vote again? i found it interesting. i do want to point this out before you answer. a new cnn poll shows that nearly half of those who backed walker, the republican challenger, they say their vote more an opposition to warnock and then on the flip side, you have 83% of warnock supporters saying they're casting ballots in support of warnock. how does that impact turnout and, you know, i guess motivate who is coming out to the polls? >> yeah. that's a really good point, because the message we're ge...

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