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Democrats’ Senate Bid Hangs in Balance With Georgia Down to Wire Bloomberg 6/01/2021 Billy House and Mark Niquette (Bloomberg) -- Democrat Raphael Warnock edged ahead of incumbent Senator Kelly Loeffler in one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs on Tuesday, lifting the party’s hopes for retaking the chamber from the GOP even as the two races remained too close to call. Warnock declared victory even as media organizations delayed calling the close race and Loeffler refused to concede. “Georgia, I am honored by the faith you have shown in me and I promise you this tonight:...

Democrats’ Senate Bid Hangs in Balance With Georgia Down to Wire Bloomberg 6/01/2021 Billy House and Mark Niquette (Bloomberg) -- Democrat Raphael Warnock edged ahead of incumbent Senator Kelly Loeffler in one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs on Tuesday, lifting the party’s hopes for retaking the chamber from the GOP even as the two races remained too close to call. Warnock declared victory even as media organizations delayed calling the close race and Loeffler refused to concede. “Georgia, I am honored by the faith you have shown in me and I promise you this tonight:...

Georgia Counts Votes With Senate Control, Biden Agenda at Stake

Georgia’s runoff drama likely to drag on for days before results “Almost no chance it’s called on election night,” said Kerwin Swint, a political scientist at Kennesaw State University. Adding to the drama, just as in November, the first returns coming in on election night are likely to favor Republicans, with Democrats gaining ground as mail-in and absentee ballots are counted in subsequent days. “And then here comes the lawyers on horseback,” predicted Rick Dent, a political consultant who worked for the late Zell Miller, the last Democratic Senator from Georgia. Bloomberg Poste...

Georgia's twin runoffs are likely to drag out results for days Billy House, Bloomberg FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., speaks at a campaign rally for himself and Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., in Cumming, Gas., on Dec. 20, 2020.Bloomberg photo by Elijah Nouvelage.Show MoreShow Less 2of3Raphael Warnock, Democratic Senate candidate, left, and Jon Ossoff, Democratic Senate candidate, greet a driver while participating in a food giveaway with Hosea Helps on Christmas Eve in Atlanta on Dec. 24, 2020.Bloomberg photo by Elijah Nouvelage.Show MoreShow Less 3of3 The high-...