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Georgia’s Runoff Drama Likely to Drag On for Days Before Results Bloomberg 12/30/2020 Billy House (Bloomberg) -- The high-stakes Jan. 5 Senate runoffs in Georgia are expected to play out a lot like November’s presidential election -- with the result delayed for days, or weeks, as near-record numbers of votes are counted. In the Nov. 3 contest, the results were so close that it took 10 days before television networks projected that Democrat Joe Biden won Georgia. The state didn’t certify his victory for another week, and it was certified twice more, lastly on Dec. 7. Wi...

Loeffler's attacks show little outreach to Georgia moderates Billy House, Bloomberg FacebookTwitterEmail Supporters of Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., hold up signs during a rally with President Donald Trump in Valdosta, Ga., on Dec. 5, 2020.Bloomberg photo by Elijah Nouvelage. Sen. Kelly Loeffler's campaign was designed to broaden the Republican Party's appeal to voters in Georgia's increasingly Democratic suburbs -- instead the race has turned into a contest in which each side is hardening its core supporters and few undecideds remain. One of the main reasons Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp tapped Loe...

Georgia stayed in the national spotlight this week as campaigning continues for the two U.S. Senate seats up for a runoff election Jan. 5. Ad spending In Georgia for the runoff is heading toward $500 million just since the general election in November. Most of it is Political Action Committee (PAC) money pouring into the state because the outcome of the races will determine the power balance in the Senate. “It’s outside money coming in to influence the people of Georgia and the kind of that right now in [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell,” said Rick Dent, who tracks campaign spend...

Republicans outspend Democrats for Georgia runoffs Super PACs pour more into race of Kelly Loeffler, Raphael Warnock Follow Us Question of the Day     Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, speaks during a news conference following a weekly meeting with the Senate Republican caucus, Tuesday, Dec. 8. 2020 at the Capitol in Washington. Americans waiting for Republicans in Congress to acknowledge Joe Biden ... more > By James Varney - The Washington Times - Wed...