CANTON, Ga. – Vice President Mike Pence is campaigning Friday in Georgia as the state's two Republican senators try to beat back Democratic challenges in runoff races on Jan.
5 that will determine who controls the Senate at the outset of President-elect Joe Biden's administration.The trip highlights a critical juncture both for the Republican Party and for Pence, as the vice president tries to balance his own political future with his loyalties to a president who has yet to concede defeat.
Pence will appear with Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler on the outskirts of metro Atlanta's sprawling footprint, on the same day that Georgia's Republican secretary of state is expected to certify that Biden is the first Democratic presidential.