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David Perdue tests positive for COVID-19, will undergo quarantine campaign says

ATLANTA - Former U.S. Senator and Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate David Perdue has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a representative from his campaign.Perdue tested positive Monday afternoon during routine COVID testing, his campaign said in a statement to FOX 5."He is vaccinated and boosted. Perdue doesn’t have a fever and isn’t experiencing symptoms at this time.

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Hundreds in Atlanta rally against hate after spa shootings

ATLANTA – A diverse crowd gathered Saturday in a park across from the Georgia state Capitol to demand justice for the victims of shootings at massage businesses days earlier and to call for an end to racism, xenophobia and misogyny.

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Critics: GOP measures target Black voter turnout in Georgia

ATLANTA – Fueled by Black turnout, Democrats scored stunning wins in Georgia in the presidential and U.S. Senate races. Now, Republicans are trying to make sure it doesn't happen again.

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New Georgia senators carry John Lewis' influence with them

ATLANTA – Six months after his death, the late civil rights leader and longtime Georgia congressman John Lewis will retain a palpable influence in Congress: The state’s two new Democratic U.S. senators — both personal friends and admirers — promise to carry on his legacy.Sen.

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Democrats gain Senate control as new members sworn in, VP Kamala Harris presides

WASHINGTON - Three new senators were sworn into office Wednesday after President Joe Biden's inauguration, securing the majority for Democrats in the Senate and across a unified government to tackle the new president's agenda at a time of unprecedented national challenges.Vice President Kamala Harris drew applause as she entered the chamber to deliver the oath of office to the new Democratic senators — Jon Ossoff, Raphael Warnock and Alex Padilla — just hours after taking her own oath at the Capitol alongside Biden. The three Democrats join a Senate narrowly split 50-50 between the parties, but giving Democrats the majority with Harris able to cast the tie-breaking vote."Today, America is turning over a new leaf.

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Democrats gaining Senate control as new members take oath

WASHINGTON – Three new senators will be sworn into office Wednesday after President Joe Biden's inauguration, securing the majority for Democrats in the Senate and across a unified government to tackle the new president's agenda at a time of unprecedented national challenges.Vice President Kamala Harris is set to deliver the oath of office to the new Democratic senators — Jon Ossoff, Raphael Warnock and Alex Padilla — just hours after taking her own oath at the Capitol alongside Biden. The three Democrats join a Senate narrowly split 50-50 between the parties, but giving Democrats the majority with Harris able to cast the tie-breaking vote.“Today, America is turning over a new leaf.

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Georgia certifies Democrats Warnock and Ossoff's Senate wins

ATLANTA – Georgia's secretary of state has certified the results of the two U.S. Senate runoff elections, paving the way for Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff to be sworn in and for Democrats to take control of the chamber.They'll take office just as the Senate considers whether to convict President Donald Trump in an impeachment trial for inciting the deadly storming of the U.S.

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Schumer pledges quick delivery of $2,000 stimulus checks: 'We will get that done'

sending an additional stimulus payment to many Americans — one of their top priorities for the year once they assume control of the chamber."The job of COVID emergency relief is far from complete," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote in a letter to colleagues on Tuesday.

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$2,000 checks: Biden to release stimulus package plan

(Photo by Jeff Fusco/Getty Images) ORLANDO, Fla. - Will Americans get $2,000 stimulus checks as part of President-elect Joe Biden's COVID-19 relief package? We will find out this week. Biden has pledged to send a third stimulus check to Americans still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. Biden used the prospect of $2,000 checks as a promise while campaigning for Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock in Georgia.On Monday, Biden maintained that getting money into the hands of Americans is a top priority when he takes office.RELATED: 'Absolutely not. No': Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin balks at $2,000 stimulus checks"My priority is to get, first and foremost, a stimulus bill passed and secondly, again to rebuild the economy," Biden said.

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Warnock blasts Capitol rioters in 1st sermon since election

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Wall Street shrugs off U.S. Capitol lockdown as stocks keep rising

Wall Street is rallying toward record highs again Thursday on expectations that the Democratic sweep of Washington means more stimulus is likely on the way for the economy.The S&P 500 was 1.5 per cent higher in the first trading after Congress confirmed Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election and Jon Ossoff was declared the winner of a Georgia runoff election, tipping control of the Senate to Democrats. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 322 points, or 1 per cent, at 31,152, as of 10:37 a.m.

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

Georgia’s two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history and putting the U.S. Senate majority within the party’s reach.A pastor who spent the past 15 years leading the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Jr.

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Warnock makes history with Senate win as Dems near majority

ATLANTA – Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history and putting the Senate majority within the party's reach.A pastor who spent the past 15 years leading the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached, Warnock defeated Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler.

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GEORGIA TAKEAWAYS: Black turnout fuels Warnock victory

ATLANTA – The Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, defeated Sen.

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Democrat Raphael Warnock wins Senate race; 2nd too early to call

ATLANTA (AP) - Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history and putting the Senate majority within the Democrats’ reach.A pastor who spent the past 15 years leading the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached, Warnock defeated Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler.

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Here’s why Georgia’s Senate runoff races are still too early to call

Georgia that will determine which party controls the legislative chamber for the next two years remained too early to call late Tuesday, with the four candidates locked in tight contests and many ballots left to be tabulated.Georgia has become a political focal point since the Nov. 3 general election, when none of the candidates in the state’s two Senate contests earned more than 50 per cent of the vote.

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EXPLAINER: Why Georgia's Senate races are too early to call

WHY GEORGIA'S TWO SENATE RACES ARE TOO EARLY TO CALLTwo U.S. Senate runoff elections in Georgia that will determine which party controls the legislative chamber for the next two years remained too early to call late Tuesday, with the four candidates locked in tight contests and many ballots left to be tabulated.

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Big Questions: Georgia tests battleground status, Trump era

The two Georgia runoffs that will determine control of the Senate have kept President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden in campaign mode and run up a half-billion-dollar tab in the process.The money matches the stakes: Either Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff will sweep, giving Democrats both chambers of Congress and the executive branch, or Republicans will pick up at least one victory from Sen.

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The Latest: Polls open for key Senate runoffs in Georgia

ATLANTA – The Latest on the Senate runoffs in Georgia (all times local):7 a.m.Georgia voters have begun casting their ballots to determine which party will control the U.S. Senate.Polls for the runoffs opened statewide at 7 a.m.

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Georgia Senate runoff races: Why they matter and what you need to know

Senator David Perdue (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images) ; Jon Ossoff (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images); Senator Kelly Loefller (Photo by SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP via Getty Images) ; Rev.

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What to expect as Georgia counts votes in tight Senate runoff races

Georgia voters mark their ballots during the first day of early voting in the US Senate runoffs at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds. (TAMI CHAPPELL/AFP via Getty Images)ATLANTA - This week will find us back in a familiar place — waiting for Georgia to count votes.With control of the U.S.

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Here we go again: What to expect as Georgia counts votes

ATLANTA – This week will find us back in a familiar place — waiting for Georgia to count votes.With control of the U.S. Senate at stake, all eyes are on a runoff election that has Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler facing Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.

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Last days in Georgia runoffs that will decide Senate control

ATLANTA – Two days before dueling runoffs in Georgia that will determine U.S. Senate control, GOP incumbent Kelly Loeffler said she had not decided whether to join Republican colleagues in challenging the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump.

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Biden flexes Georgia muscle alongside GOP in Senate races

President-elect Joe Biden is going all-in to help Democrats win two Senate runoffs in Georgia that will determine party control in the critical early years of his administration, a widespread effort that not long ago would have been unthinkable in a Republican-dominated state in the Deep South.The push ahead of Tuesday's election comes with early voting making some Republicans nervous as President Donald Trump, who narrowly lost the state to Biden, continues to assert falsely that the Georgia election process is rigged.Biden and his team have steered at least $18 million to help Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock try to unseat Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler.

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EXPLAINER: Stakes high for U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia

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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Loeffler, Perdue run hard-line pitch in swing state Georgia

ATLANTA – The merchandise featured in Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s online campaign store includes T-shirts and bumper stickers bearing Donald Trump’s name and the message: “Still my president.” The Georgia Republican is running television ads ahead of Tuesday’s Senate runoff elections that lambastes her opponent, the Rev.

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EXPLAINER: Stakes high for U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia

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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President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris set to return to Georgia in January

ATLANTA - President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President Elect Kamala Harris will return to Georgia to campaign for Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock to rally Democrats ahead of Jan.

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Final push to turn out voters in Georgia Senate runoff

ATLANTA – Campaigns and outside groups are making a final push to turn out election-weary Georgians whose votes will determine control of the U.S. Senate.More than 2.3 million people — nearly half the turnout of last month’s presidential election — had already cast their ballots early, in person or by absentee ballot, by Tuesday morning.

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Warnock and Loeffler work to consolidate voters for runoff

ATLANTA – When Georgia Republican Kelly Loeffler and Democrat Raphael Warnock advanced to the Jan. 5 U.S.

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Turnout among young voters key to Georgia Senate runoffs

ATLANTA – Preethi Gowrishankar was never really politically active before this year. But watching the polarization that has occurred during President Donald Trump's administration changed that.The 27-year-old data scientist put on a facemask and stood in line on a recent sunny but cold day in Atlanta to cast a ballot early for Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock ahead of Georgia's Jan.

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Harris says ‘everything is at stake’ in Georgia’s twin Senate runoff elections

Campaigning in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoffs Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Monday emphasized that 2020 isn’t over until Jan.

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‘The Walking Dead’: Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira join virtual reunion

The Walking Dead stars Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira are set to return for a virtual reunion.The actors exited the show in previous seasons, but will be returning for a live-streamed trivia battle to raise funds for Georgia Senate victories, in support of Democratic candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff.Lincoln and Gurira will be joining Norman Reedus, Lauren Cohan, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Christian Serratos and Sonequa Martin-Green and Lennie James for the charity event.Fans can tune into the event by making a donation to the Georgia Senate Victory Fund.

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Biden adviser Cedric Richmond tests positive for coronavirus

WILMINGTON, Del. – One of President-elect Joe Biden’s closest advisers tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday, according to his transition team.Louisiana Rep. Cedric Richmond, who is set to resign from Congress to join the incoming Biden administration as a senior adviser, tested positive two days after traveling to Atlanta to attend a campaign rally that Biden headlined for Democratic Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and the Rev.

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U.S. election: Biden jokes it ‘feels like’ he won Georgia 3 times after recount, audit

U.S. president-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday, while campaigning for Democratic senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in Georgia, joked that he felt like he had won the state three times after an audit of the election involving a hand recount, as well as a recount requested by President Donald Trump’s campaign.

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Democratic push on COVID-19 aid welcomed by some in Georgia

ATLANTA – As Congress bargains over more financial relief during the coronavirus pandemic, some of the hundreds of thousands of Georgians who are casting ballots for the Jan. 5 runoffs that will determine which party controls the U.S.

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Rising Latino voters could be force in Georgia Senate races

LILBURN, Ga. – As Georgia heads into two key runoffs that will determine control of the U.S. Senate, Democrats are hoping to count on Latino voters who helped tilt the state blue in November.But President Donald Trump rattled Democrats by winning larger-than-expected shares of Hispanic votes in parts of the country, raising questions about how much Democrats can rely on the nation’s largest minority group as a cornerstone of their coalition.The January runoffs between Republican U.S.

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LIVE UPDATES: AOC links Democrats winning Georgia runoffs to $15 minimum wage, expanded health care

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday urged Democrats to vote in the Senate runoffs in Georgia, telling them if they turn out in the state on Jan. 5 they can help advance objectives such as a $15 minimum wage and expanded health care. Fast Facts Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told Democrats if they turn out in Georgia they can get a $15 minimum wage, expanded health care and other objectives through the Senate. Republican Sen.

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The Latest: Biden to campaign in Georgia for Senate runoffs

WASHINGTON – The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):7 a.m.President-elect Joe Biden is heading to Georgia to campaign for the Democratic candidates in the state's two critical U.S. Senate runoffs.Biden says he'll travel to Atlanta on Tuesday to support Jon Ossoff, the Rev.

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Perdue vs. Ossoff on health care: Where they stand

Georgia voters on Jan. 5 will choose whether to send Republican Sen.

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Perdue says Ossoff 'can't stop lying' after Georgia Dem accuses him of profiting off coronavirus

Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., is lashing back after his Democratic opponent Jon Ossoff accused him of profiting off the coronavirus following a series of stock trades Perdue made earlier in the year that raised the eyebrows of investigators yet was not deemed unlawful.

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Faith takes the forefront as Georgia Senate runoffs heat up

ATLANTA – Bishop Reginald Jackson stepped to the microphone at a drive-in rally outside a church in southwest Atlanta as his voice carried over a loudspeaker and the radio to people gathered in, around and on top of cars that filled the parking lot.“Let’s keep Georgia blue," Jackson said. “Let’s elect Jon Ossoff, Raphael Warnock to the United States Senate.” The presiding bishop of more than 400 African Methodist Episcopal churches in Georgia added a pastoral flourish as horns honked and supporters cheered: “If I have a witness, somebody say amen!"As Georgia becomes the nation’s political hotspot this winter before twin runoff elections Jan.

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In Georgia, Republicans juggle Biden win and Trump loyalties

GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Twin Georgia Senate runoffs have Republicans in a quandary. They could admit President Donald Trump lost his re-election bid and turn all attention to salvaging a Senate majority to counter President-elect Joe Biden.

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The Latest: Graham giving $1M to help Georgia's GOP senators

WASHINGTON – The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):9:15 a.m.Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, who was just reelected in South Carolina, says he's donating $1 million of his campaign money to help two GOP senators win runoff races in neighboring Georgia.Graham told Fox News Channel's “Fox & Friends” on Thursday that Republicans need to counter a “tsunami of liberal money” flowing into Georgia ahead of the Jan.

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Dems, GOP take different approaches on Georgia Senate blitz

ATLANTA – Jon Ossoff took the stage in Columbus and looked out over a parking lot filled with cars, with supporters blaring their horns in approval as he declared that “change has come to Georgia.”Hours earlier, Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler stepped to a microphone in suburban Atlanta and addressed hundreds of eager supporters packed into the Cobb County GOP headquarters.

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Stacey Abrams raises millions for Democrats in Georgia Senate runoff

Stacey Abrams poses for a picture, after her speech at the National Press Club Headliners Luncheon in Washington, D.C. (Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)ATLANTA - Stacey Abrams says she and her organization Fair Fight have raised millions since Friday to help Democrats in their attempt to win Georgia's two Senate runoff elections.The one-time candidate for Georgia governor tweeted Monday morning that her group has raised $6 million so far for the campaigns of Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff and the Rev.

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U.S. election: Senate control up in air as Georgia races head to January runoffs

Georgia headed to runoff elections.Republican Sen. David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff will face off in a Jan.

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ATLANTA – Republican U.S. Sen.

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