2020 Senate Races - Page 20

November 25, 2020

Top Democrat accuses Air Force of favoring Georgia base for political reasons

The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is accusing the Air Force of politicizing the announcement of the bases that will house new aircraft ahead of two Senate runoff elections in Georgia.

November 25, 2020

Live Updates: Georgia Dems to resume door-to-door canvassing amid pandemic

Georgia's runoff elections will determine whether Republicans or Democrats control the Senate in the next Congress.

November 25, 2020

Obama defends Rev. Wright as 'supremely gifted preacher,' hits Loeffler's 'crazy' attacks on Warnock

Former President Barack Obama in an appearance on "The Breakfast Club" radio show on Wednesday said that attacks by Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler against her runoff opponent Raphael Warnock over his connection with Rev. Jeremiah Wright are "crazy stuff" as he defended Wright as a "supremely gifted preacher."

November 25, 2020

After holding the line in 2020, Senate Republicans face another tough map in 2022

Early moves in the 2022 Senate races are already underway, with the Republicans facing a challenging map for a second straight cycle. As it stands right now, the GOP will be defending at least 20 of the 34 seats up for grabs in two years.

November 24, 2020

Justin Haskins: Democratic socialists grow stronger, weakening Dems with losses in swing districts

Radical progressives and socialists in the Democratic Party gained more seats than ever before in Congress and state legislatures in the Nov. 3 elections, but their growing strength has weakened the party, making Democrats less competitive in swing districts.

November 24, 2020

Live Updates: Use of absentee ballot drop boxes extended for Georgia Senate races

Georgia election officials are extending the use of secure ballot drop boxes for use in the state’s twin Senate runoff elections on Jan. 5, where the Republican majority in the Senate is at stake.

November 24, 2020

Georgia Democrats to resume door-to-door canvassing ahead of Senate runoff elections

Georgia's Democratic Senate candidates will resume door-to-door canvassing amid the coronavirus pandemic ahead of the January runoff Senate elections, according to reports.

November 24, 2020

In Atlanta, Warnock supported controversial end to cash bail before Democratic Party embraced policy in 2020

Democratic Georgia U.S. Senate candidate Raphael Warnock has long opposed cash bail, the system that requires people to put up money as essentially collateral to ensure they appear for court dates, even as the Democratic Party didn't put the policy in its platform until 2020.

November 24, 2020

Huckabee: 'Gridlock' with GOP Senate ‘better than a runaway train’ left-wing agenda

The outcome of the Georgia Senate race is “so important” to ensure a divided government with “many points of view,” Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday.

November 23, 2020

Could Georgia Senate races keep Democrats’ court-packing hopes alive?

Just two Senate races in Georgia could determine the balance of power in the upper chamber of Congress and ultimately impact whether the Supreme Court will retain the conservative majority established under President Trump.