AAPI Organizers Turn Out the Vote in Georgia
AAPI Organizers Turn Out the Vote in Georgia Between November 7, 2020 and January 5, 2021, women of color and Asian American and Pacific Islander organizers helped Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock flip the Senate by winning both runoff elections in Georgia. This rare opportunity to unseat both incumbents has national implications because it gives a chance to enact the policies of the new Biden administration. This is no easy feat, because the special runoff election, which was triggered when no candidate gained above 50% of votes in the November general election, was designed to preve...