Runoff elections were designed under Jim Crow laws to blunt the Black voting power. This time, historic Black turnout made Warnock and Ossoff winners. Read
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Democrats to retake Senate as Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are set to be sworn in
Democrats will officially take control of the Senate Wednesday when two new members, Georgia’s Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, are sworn in. Read MoreGANNETT Syndication
Atlanta Dream, WNBA team co-owned by former U.S. senator Kelly Loeffler, on verge of being sold
The WNBA’s Atlanta Dream, who are co-owned by controversial former U.S. senator Kelly Loeffler, are closing in on the sale of the franchise. Read
Planning for elections in 2022, Democrats set up ‘Trump Legacy Project’
Outgoing President Donald Trump won’t be on the ballot in 2022, but Democrats plan to make him a major part of the campaign. Read
‘It’s what we feared:’ Hospitals from Georgia to California face surging COVID-19 cases, staff shortages and rising deaths
Despite available COVID vaccines, doctors and nurses across the U.S. remain overburdened in emergency rooms and intensive care units as deaths soar. Read MoreGANNETT
Trump pressured Georgia election investigator to ‘find the fraud’ in December phone call
Former prosecutors said the call appeared to open yet another potential legal challenge for the president, who has less than two weeks in office.
‘YAY KHAKIS GUY’: Fans of MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki rejoice over his Georgia runoff coverage
MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki, who went viral for his election analysis in November, again was met with fan praise while covering the Georgia senate runoff.
Opinion: Election defeat makes it official, Kelly Loeffler is bad for WNBA’s business
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said last summer that league wouldn’t force out Kelly Loeffler because she’s not involved in day-to-day operations. Read MoreGANNETT Syndication
Four years later in Georgia, Trump implosion destroys the Republican Party
Loeffler and Perdue could have easily coaxed conservative voters to the polls, but Trump rushed in with a blowtorch and demands to reverse his own
Why Kelly Loeffler can take part in the Electoral College count and David Perdue can’t
Loeffler was appointed at the beginning of 2020 to fill a Senate term running through 2023, so her term will not end until Warnock takes