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5 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
The polls are open in Georgia! A reminder of what's at stake in today's runoffs: Control of the US Senate and the fate of Biden's legislative agenda.

No biggie.

ajc.com/politics/no-pr…
Relief might be one of the most common emotions today
John Paul Jones Jr., 72, voted for the #gasen Rs in Macon. “I’mma go on, and get it over with,” Jones told the @ajc’s Carly Wanna. "Both sides make me sick” he said, citing the barrage of negative ads. Still, in his 54 years as a voter, he knows “that’s typical” politics.
Courtney Jefferson, 36, told @Ty_Tagami he has voted in every election since 2000. His grandfather’s death in June with COVID-19 gave him extra motivation this time. “Ever since then, it’s been a very real thing,” he said. “I felt like voting was the only real thing I could do.”

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6 Jan
Jon @ossoff just declared victory in his Senate race: "It is with humility that I thank the people of Georgia for electing me to serve you in the United States Senate." #gapol #gasen
@ossoff More here: ajc.com/politics/georg…
Jon @ossoff’s lead over David Perdue has now grown a bit to 17,025 votes
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6 Jan
A statement from @ossoff’s campaign manager Ellen Foster:

"When all the votes are counted we fully expect that Jon Ossoff will have won this election to represent Georgia in the United States Senate." #gasen Image
Ossoff now leads Perdue by nearly 10,000 votes ...
From the Perdue camp: “We will mobilize every available resource and exhaust every legal recourse to ensure all legally cast ballots are properly counted. We believe in the end, Senator Perdue will be victorious." Image
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6 Jan
Republicans still narrowly lead but Democrats can rely on hundreds of thousands of votes still outstanding in metro Atlanta that will break heavily toward @ossoff and @ReverendWarnock. DeKalb County, where the votes could break ~80/20, is key #gapol #gasen Image
@ossoff @ReverendWarnock Where are the outstanding Republican votes? There are some troves still in Columbia, Bartow, Forsyth. But we're waiting for a wave of votes from densely-populated D-leaning counties, including Chatham, Cobb, Henry and -- of course -- DeKalb. #gapol #gasen
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6 Jan
And we’ve got our first batch of Senate runoff results in — a few hundred votes in Burke County in east Georgia. Buckle up - we will start getting more mail-in batches soon. #gapol #gasen Image
Huge batch of Fulton County ballots just came in, a Democratic stronghold, giving Democrats a cushion of about 55k votes overall. Constant reminder that it’s very early. #gapol #gasen Image
Watch Hall County, along with neighboring Cherokee and Forsyth, closely tonight. These are probably the three most important Republican counties in Georgia and the early returns show a 85-15 split in Hall for the GOP. #gapol #gasen Image
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3 Jan
Trump demands Georgia elections official overturn his defeat in hourlong call. ‘The data you have is wrong,’ Raffensperger replies. More on this pre-runoff push to reverse Trump's defeat here: #gapol #gasen ajc.com/politics/polit…
“We believe we do have an accurate election,” Raffensperger said at one point.

“No you don’t. No. No you don’t. You don’t have it — not even close," Trump replied. #gapol #gasen ajc.com/politics/polit…
Trump suggests the Republican #gasen candidates will go down in flames if Raffensperger doesn't reverse his election defeat. “It’s going to have a big impact on Tuesday if you guys don’t get this thing straightened out fast.” #gapol ajc.com/politics/polit…
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30 Dec 20
As runoff nears, Trump complicates GOP case by demanding that Kemp resign #gapol #gasen ajc.com/politics/polit…
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.@GovKemp responds: “Let me tell you what I've been focused on today and I think it’s what Georgians want me to be focused on — and that is making sure if they need a hospital bed, they're going to get one.” #gapol Image
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