Control of the Senate will be decided in Georgia on Jan. 5, 2021, with a pair of runoff elections pitting Democrat Jon Ossoff against Sen. David Perdue and Rev. Raphael Warnock against Sen. Kelly Loeffler. “I don’t think it’s possible to overstate how big these races are,” the New Georgia Project’s Nse Ufot told The Washington Post.
One major question is how much either President-elect Joe Biden or Donald Trump will engage in the race. Democrats having control of the Senate would be a huge advantage for Biden, but “Some close allies” told the Post he needed to be careful about "chasing the white whales." Trump, meanwhile, is too busy having temper tantrums over his own loss for much to be known about if or how he will ultimately weigh in on the Georgia runoffs. If you live in Georgia, register to vote now and share that link with your family and friends in the state. The deadline is Dec. 7.
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Republicans are trying to nationalize the Georgia runoffs with a focus on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Perdue and Loeffler have both put out a stream of tweets and retweets with Schumer as the bad guy, and invoking socialism.
What Perdue, at least, hasn’t done is speak to the public:
The fight is on.