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Democrat Wins Senate Runoff in Georgia, Giving Dems Clear Majority

Democrat Raphael Warnock won re-election to the U.S. Senate in a hard-fought Georgia runoff on Tuesday, strengthening his party’s razor-thin majority as he fought off a challenge by Republican former football star Herschel Walker. Warnock’s projected victory was narrow. With 99% of the estimated vote counted, he led Walker by 50.8% to 49.2%, according to Edison Research. […]

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Senate candidates make last pitch in Georgia midterm election runoff

CUMMING, Ga. – With Republican influence in the U.S. Senate on the line, two dozen party faithful gathered in an Atlanta suburb on Sunday for the final stretch of a get-out-the-vote effort aimed at electing former football star Herschel Walker. Conservative activist Scott Presler told the group to make sure the targets of their door-knocking

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Biden pushes South Carolina to lead presidential primary kick-off

U.S. President Joe Biden is pushing for South Carolina to host the first Democratic presidential primary, aiming to usher more diversity into the party’s campaigns to lead the country, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. Starting in 2024, Biden would like to see South Carolina, where more than half of registered Democrats

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U.S. House Speaker Pelosi wraps up long and historic leadership career

WASHINGTON – Nancy Pelosi is wrapping up a long career of congressional leadership in which she became the only woman to serve in the powerful post of U.S. House of Representatives speaker, showed an ability to pass major legislation, united fractious fellow Democrats and challenged some of the world’s most powerful men. Pelosi, an 82-year-old

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