Kelly Loeffler

Warnock makes history with Senate win as Dems near majority

January 6, 2021 Steve Peoples, Bill Barrow, and Russ Bynum, Associated Press

ATLANTA — Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first black senator in his state’s history. A pastor who spent the past 15 years leading the Atlanta church where […]

Decision day in Georgia with Senate majority at stake

January 5, 2021 Steve Peoples and Bill Barrow, Associated Press

ATLANTA — Georgia voters are set to decide the balance of power in Congress in a pair of high-stakes Senate runoff elections. At a rally in northwest Georgia on the eve of Tuesday’s runoffs, President […]

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

January 4, 2021 Kate Brumback, Associated Press

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 […]

Wealthy voters are ‘mythical middle’ in Georgia Senate races

December 28, 2020 Jeff Amy, Associated Press

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 […]

Harris, Ivanka Trump stump in Georgia ahead of Senate runoff

December 22, 2020 Ben Nadler and Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press

MILTON, Ga. — Campaigning in Georgia on Monday, presumptive Vice President-elect Kamala Harris stressed a need to elect Democratic U.S. Senate candidates who will advance Joe Biden’s agenda. Ivanka Trump, meanwhile, warned that failing to […]

Early in-person voting begins in Georgia Senate runoffs

December 14, 2020 Jeff Amy, Associated Press

ATLANTA — What could be the main event in Georgia’s twin U.S. Senate runoffs — early in-person voting — got underway Monday, with lines tending to be shorter than during the first days of early […]

In Georgia, Pence calls Senate GOP ‘last line of defense’

December 10, 2020 Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Back in Georgia to rally electoral support for the state’s two Republican senators, Vice President Mike Pence told voters in Augusta on Thursday that returning the incumbents to Washington would secure a […]

Loeffler has negative COVID-19 test 2 days after positive

November 22, 2020 The Associated Press

ATLANTA — U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s latest coronavirus test came back negative, but her campaign said Sunday she will continue to quarantine at least until she gets another negative result. The Georgia Republican is facing […]

VP Mike Pence comes to Georgia ahead of Senate runoffs

November 20, 2020 Bill Barrow and Jeff Amy, Associated Press

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 […]

Georgia counties prepare for hand tally of presidential race

November 13, 2020 The Associated Press

ATLANTA — As Georgia counties prepare for a hand tally of the presidential race, the state’s top elections official plans to quarantine after his wife tested positive for the coronavirus, his office said Thursday. An […]