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

Senate and how lawmakers deal with a new White House.Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler are both on the ballot Tuesday in runoff elections because neither got enough votes Nov.

3 to win outright. Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock have raised staggering sums as they try to capitalize on President-elect Joe Biden's narrow victory in Georgia over GOP President Donald Trump.

Here's a look at how two key Georgia elections pushed into 2021, who's running and what's at stake. WHO'S RUNNING?Both of Georgia's Senate seats weren't supposed to be up for grabs in.

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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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Trump says he'll 'fight like hell' to hold on to presidency

DALTON, Ga. – With mounting desperation, Donald Trump declared he would “fight like hell” to hold on to the presidency and appealed to Republican lawmakers to reverse his election loss to Joe Biden when they convene this week to confirm the Electoral College vote. Electoral voters won by President-elect Biden are "not gonna take this White House!” he shouted as supporters cheered at an outdoor rally Monday night in Georgia.

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Trump’s Georgia phone call marks new stage in defying election results

As U.S. voters in Georgia prepare to determine who will control the Senate, President Donald Trump is still fixated on his own election loss there, even directly pressuring the state over the phone to overturn results.

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

During a rally for the Senate runoff in Dalton, Ga. on Monday, outgoing U.S.

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Decision day in Georgia with Senate majority at stake

ATLANTA – Georgia voters are set to decide the balance of power in Congress in a pair of high-stakes Senate runoff elections that will help determine President-elect Joe Biden's capacity to enact what may be the most progressive governing agenda in generations.

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

President-elect Joe Biden blasted President Trump on Monday for what he described as a painfully slow administration rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. Biden spoke in Atlanta as he campaigned with the two Democratic challengers on the eve of Georgia’s twin Senate runoff elections, which will decide whether Republicans keep their Senate majority.The former vice president said "it’s a shame what’s happening now" with the vaccine, charging that "this administration’s gotten off to a God-awful start." But Biden made no direct mention of a controversial recorded phone conversation between the president and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger – which went viral on Sunday and dominated media headlines.

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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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Trump-appointed US attorney resigns in Georgia

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Why Georgia is on the minds of many with runoff elections

The calendar may have switched to 2021, but that doesn’t mean all the focus in politics this month will be on the inauguration of president-elect Joe Biden.Arguably more important is that the race for Senate control is still up in the air -- and is about to be decided Tuesday with two Senate seats in the state of Georgia up for grabs in runoff elections.Here’s a breakdown of the two runoff elections.Runoff elections are second elections held if no candidate reaches the necessary requirement of votes during the first election.Only two states, Georgia and Louisiana, require candidates to receive a majority percentage of the vote in the general election.

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House Democrats call on FBI to open criminal investigation into Trump call with Georgia elections chief

WASHINGTON - Two House Democrats made a criminal referral to the FBI after a recording of President Donald Trump's hour-long call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was made public, in which he pressured the Republican official to "find" enough votes to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state’s presidential election.Rep. Ted Lieu of California and Rep.

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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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Trump pressures Georgia to overturn election results in new tape

In a new recording, outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump is heard pressuring Georgia’s Secretary of State to help overturn his election defeat to Joe Biden.

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Clues about post-Trump politics await in Georgia

ATLANTA – For more than four years, President Donald Trump has dominated the Republican Party and the whole of American politics. Now Georgia gets to decide what comes next.

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

Donald Trump pressured Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state’s presidential election, repeatedly citing disproven claims of fraud and raising the prospect of “criminal offense” if officials did not change the vote count, according to a recording of the conversation.The phone call with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Saturday was the latest step in an unprecedented effort by a sitting president to pressure a state official to reverse the outcome of a free and fair election that he lost. The president, who has refused to accept his loss to Democratic president-elect Biden, repeatedly argued that Raffensperger could change the certified results.

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

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump pressured Georgia's Republican secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden's win in the state's presidential election, repeatedly citing disproven claims of fraud and raising the prospect of “criminal offense" if officials did not change the vote count, according to a recording of the conversation. The phone call with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Saturday was the latest step in an unprecedented effort by a sitting president to pressure a state official to reverse the outcome of a free and fair election that he lost.

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EXPLAINER: How Congress will count Electoral College votes

WASHINGTON – Wednesday's congressional joint session to count electoral votes has taken on added importance this year as congressional Republicans allied with President Donald Trump are pledging to try and undo Democrat Joe Biden’s victory and subvert the will of the American people.The Republicans — a handful of senators and dozens of House members — are citing Trump's repeated, baseless charges of widespread fraud.

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

US President Donald Trump looks on during a ceremony presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to wrestler Dan Gable in the Oval Office of the White House ATLANTA - President Donald Trump badgered and pleaded with Georgia’s election chief to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state, suggesting in a telephone call that the official "find" enough votes to hand Trump the victory.The conversation Saturday was the latest step in an unprecedented effort by a sitting president to pressure a state official to reverse the outcome of a free and fair election that he lost.

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Congress starts new session amid COVID pandemic, Biden's win

106 women will serve in the next U.S. House and 25 women will serve in the next U.S.

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

WASHINGTON – Congress is preparing to convene for the start of a new session, swearing in lawmakers during a tumultuous period as a relative handful of Republicans work to overturn Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump and the coronavirus surge imposes limits at the Capitol.Democrat Nancy Pelosi is set Sunday to be reelected as House speaker by her party, which retains the majority in the House but with the slimmest margin in 20 years after a November election wipeout.Opening the Senate could be among Mitch McConnell’s final acts at majority leader. Republican control is in question until Tuesday’s runoff elections for two Senate seats in Georgia.

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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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2021 marquee contest: Virginia governor's race in high gear

RICHMOND, Va. – An unusually broad field of candidates are vying for the governor's seat in Virginia as the marquee political contest of 2021 gets into full swing. Only New Jersey and Virginia are set to elect governors next year, and the Old Dominion’s off-year contest has a strong track record of being an early indicator of broader national trends, previewing voter backlashes against Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump in recent election cycles.Virginia has traditionally elected business-friendly moderates of both parties to be its chief executive, but the depth of the 2021 field reflects the state’s changing political dynamics and the unsettled mood among both Republicans and Democrats.

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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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In Georgia, Biden's presidency meets early defining moment

ATLANTA – Usually it's a president's first midterm election that reorders a White House's political approach and priorities. For President-elect Joe Biden, his most defining congressional election is coming before he takes office.

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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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Senate overrides Trump’s veto of annual defense policy bill

WASHINGTON - In a rare New Year’s Day session, the Republican-led Senate voted to override President Donald Trump’s veto of the annual defense policy bill, the first veto override of his presidency.In a rare New Year’s Day session, the Republican-led Senate voted to override President Donald Trump’s veto of the annual defense policy bill, the first veto override of his presidency.The 81 to 13 vote easily exceeded the two-thirds threshold needed to override the veto, handing Trump a stinging rebuke just weeks before his term ends.Trump had lashed out at GOP lawmakers on Twitter, charging earlier this week that "Weak and tired Republican ‘leadership’ will allow the bad Defense Bill to pass.″Trump called the looming override vote a

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EXPLAINER: As Georgia awaits, GOP still has Senate control

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.

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GOP Senator rebukes ‘dangerous ploy’ to overturn U.S. election results

presidential election, warning colleagues against a “dangerous ploy” that could damage the nation’s civic traditions.Sasse, a potential 2024 presidential contender, posted a lengthy explanation of his views on social media, including a paragraph by paragraph dismantling of allegations of voter fraud in key states won by President-elect Joe Biden. Sasse said he felt compelled to speak “truth” as constituents and those supporting U.S.

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GOP senator rebukes 'dangerous ploy' to fight Biden victory

WASHINGTON – Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska has issued a pointed rebuke of GOP attempts to object Jan.

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Sen Perdue quarantines for virus exposure ahead of GA runoff

ATLANTA – Republican Sen. David Perdue was forced into quarantine Thursday in the home stretch of Georgia's high-stakes Senate runoffs, disclosing just five days before the election that he had been exposed to a campaign worker infected with the coronavirus.

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Trump push on $2K checks flops as GOP-led Senate won't vote

WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell all but shut the door on President Donald Trump's push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks, declaring Congress has provided enough pandemic aid as he blocked another attempt by Democrats to force a vote.The GOP leader made clear Wednesday he is unwilling to budge, despite political pressure from Trump and even some fellow Republican senators demanding action. Trump wants the recent $600 in aid increased threefold.

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Missouri senator to contest Biden's Electoral College win

WASHINGTON – Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said he will raise objections next week when Congress meets to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the election, forcing House and Senate votes that are likely to delay — but in no way alter — the final certification of Biden's win.President Donald Trump has, without evidence, claimed there was widespread fraud in the election.

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EXPLAINER: How Congress will count Electoral College votes

WASHINGTON – The congressional joint session to count electoral votes is generally a routine, ceremonious affair. But President Donald Trump’s repeated, baseless efforts to challenge Democrat Joe Biden’s victory will bring more attention than usual to next Wednesday's joint session of the Senate and the House.The congressional count is the final step in reaffirming Biden’s win, after the Electoral College officially elected him on Dec 14.

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Missouri senator to contest Electoral College win for Biden

WASHINGTON – Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., says he will raise objections next week when the Congress meets to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the election, forcing House and Senate votes that are likely to delay — but in no way alter — the final certification of Biden's win.President Donald Trump has, without evidence, claimed there was widespread fraud in the election.

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Trump's $2,000 stimulus checks stall in Senate as GOP blocks vote

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's push for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks stalled out in the Senate as Republicans blocked a swift vote proposed by Democrats and split within their own ranks over whether to boost spending or defy the White House.The roadblock mounted Tuesday by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell may not be sustainable as pressure mounts. Trump wants the Republican-led chamber to follow the House and increase the checks from $600 for millions of Americans.

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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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Trump's $2,000 checks stall in Senate as GOP blocks vote

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's push for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks stalled out in the Senate as Republicans blocked a swift vote proposed by Democrats and split within their own ranks over whether to boost spending or defy the White House. The roadblock mounted Tuesday by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell may not be sustainable as pressure mounts.

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Trump’s $2,000 coronavirus relief cheques stall as Republicans block vote in Senate

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Republicans stall Trump's $2,000 covid relief checks in Senate

Donald Trump's push for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks stalled out Tuesday in the Senate as Republicans blocked a swift vote proposed by Democrats and split within their own ranks over whether to boost spending or defy the White House.The roadblock mounted by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell may not be sustainable as pressure mounts. Trump wants the Republican-led chamber to follow the House and increase the checks from $600 for millions of Americans.

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Japan's Nikkei at 30-year high after Trump approves Covid-19 stimulus

President Donald Trump signed a $900 billion economic aid package.Wall Street set fresh records on Monday after Trump opted not to veto the bill, helping to staunch uncertainty as governments reimpose pandemic-fighting travel and business curbs weighing on global economic activity.Investors and economists have been pushing for the support for months.

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Republican-led Senate controls fate of President Trump's $2,000 stimulus checks

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump’s push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks now rests with the Senate after the House voted overwhelmingly to meet the president's demand to increase the $600 stipends, but Republicans have shown little interest in boosting spending.The outcome is highly uncertain heading into Tuesday's session. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has declined to publicly address how he plans to handle the issue.

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Japan's Nikkei at 30-year high after Trump OKs stimulus

Stocks rose Tuesday in Asia, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 index hitting a 30-year high after President Donald Trump signed a $900 billion economic aid package. Wall Street set fresh records on Monday after Trump opted not to veto the bill, helping to staunch uncertainty as governments reimpose pandemic-fighting travel and business curbs weighing on global economic activity.

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Fate of Trump's $2,000 checks now rests with GOP-led Senate

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks now rests with the Senate after the House voted overwhelmingly to meet the president's demand to increase the $600 stipends, but Republicans have shown little interest in boosting spending.The outcome is highly uncertain heading into Tuesday's session. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has declined to publicly address how he plans to handle the issue.

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Wealthy voters are 'mythical middle' in Georgia Senate races

ATLANTA – At Atlanta's Chastain Park, investment bank logos abut ads for pizza joints and dentists on the outfield fences of the baseball diamonds. Sprinkled among Dodges and Toyotas are Audis and Alfa Romeos.Some of Georgia's most affluent voters, formerly reliable cornerstones of the state's once-ascendant Republican majority, live in million-dollar houses here.

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Loeffler, Perdue back leniency for US teen jailed in Cayman Islands for breaching coronavirus regs

: Georgia Republican Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are backing calls for leniency for a U.S. teenager jailed in the Cayman Islands for violating the British territory’s COVID-19 quarantine regulations.

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

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