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Democrat Wins Senate Runoff in Georgia, Giving Dems Clear Majority

December 7, 2022 / Politics

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

December 6, 2022 / Politics

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

December 2, 2022 / Politics

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

November 18, 2022 / Politics

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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How will the U.S. House of Representatives choose a new speaker?

November 18, 2022 / Politics

With Republicans clinching control of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, the party will need to elect a speaker when the new Congress is sworn in, normally on Jan. 3. WHAT IS THE SPEAKER’S IMPORTANCE? The speaker of the House, second in the line of succession for the presidency after the vice president, leads

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