ATLANTA – The consequences of Georgia’s twin Senate runoffs are well known: They’ll determine which party controls the Senate in the new Congress.Right?Long term, yes, that’s the case.

But the circumstances of Georgia’s seats make the near term a bit messy.One of two Georgia races is a regular election for a six-year term.

The other is a special election for an unexpired term. The timing of the Jan. 5 runoffs, coming two days after the new Congress convenes and 15 days before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, further complicates things.

That means Republicans will have a bare majority of 51 senators to begin the new Congress and potentially in the opening days of Biden’s presidency, regardless of Georgia's results.

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Romney heckled in airport in another show of GOP divisions

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8 Pa. House GOP members to oppose Biden's electoral votes

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Democrats win 1st Georgia runoff, 2nd too close to call as U.S. Senate hangs in balance

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Trump again claims 2020 election was ‘rigged’ and ‘there’s no way we lost Georgia’

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Biden: Trump coronavirus vaccine rollout is 'off to a God-awful start'

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Trump presses Georgia Secretary of State to ‘find’ votes to overturn election defeat

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Trump, on tape, presses Ga. official to 'find' him votes

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Report: Trump pressured Georgia Secretary of State to 'find' votes overturning election

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Last days in Georgia runoffs that will decide Senate control

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Senate race thrusts 'Black America's church' into spotlight

ATLANTA – For decades, the red-bricked Gothic Revival church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz joins GOP block to object to Biden’s electoral college victory

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Congress opens new session as COVID-19, Biden's win dominate

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Biden flexes Georgia muscle alongside GOP in Senate races

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SAVANNAH, Ga. – Two months after the November elections, Georgia voters have unfinished business. The outcome will determine partisan control of the U.S.

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GOP torn over Trump's Electoral College challenge of Biden

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