Collins implores GOP voters to turn out for Georgia Senate runoffs: 'People cannot give up on the system'

President Trump in a video posted to Twitter on Tuesday night demanded that lawmakers amend the coronavirus stimulus package they passed Monday to include $2,000 checks for individuals instead of $600 checks -- while also insisting that "wasteful and unnecessary" items be cut from the year-end spending package that was attached to the pandemic aid.

Nearly 1.5 million Georgians have already voted in the state’s twin Jan. 5 Senate runoff elections, where the Republican majority in the Senate is at stake.

Nearly 1.1 million voters in Georgia have already cast their ballots in the two Senate runoffs next month that will decide which party controls the upper chamber.  Fast Facts Between mail ballots and early in-person votes, more than 1.12 million votes have been cast in the two January runoffs  Republican Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue will face Democrats Rev.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorGrammy-winning singer Patti Austin has made a bid to get out the vote in Georgia with a new song posted by the political action committee MeidasTouch.The runoff vote, which takes place on Jan.

Georgians have early-voted in unusually high numbers this runoff season, with nearly 356,000 casting their ballots in the first two days of in-person voting.  Through Tuesday, 715,048 Georgians voted ahead of the state's two U.S. Senate runoffs, set for Jan.

Hoping to help the Democrats win back the majority in the Senate, President-elect Joe Biden’s making what’s being described as a mid-seven-figure investment in Georgia’s twin Senate runoffs, where the GOP’s control of the chamber is at stake. Biden’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) have spent roughly $5 million so far in the two Jan.

The Republican National Committee filed a lawsuit Tuesday to ensure Georgia election law is “properly followed” ahead of the Jan. 5 Senate runoff elections, demanding access for GOP poll watchers and more restrictions around the use of ballot drop boxes.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Georgia on Wednesday to speak out on efforts by President Trump’s administration to combat threats from China. Pompeo “will deliver remarks on the China challenge to the U.S.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday urged Georgia Republicans to "overwhelm the polls with a tidal wave of votes" in the upcoming Senate runoffs.

A number of high-profile Republicans -- including GOP Sens.Ted Cruz, Mike Lee and Tim Scott -- are expected to campaign in Georgia this month as part of a Club for Growth bus tour in support of GOP Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler ahead of the Jan.

Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) donated part of her senate salary to an organization that opposes same-sex marriage and calls homosexuality “offensive to God.”Loeffler is the richest U.S. senator with a combined net worth, with her husband Jeff Sprecher, estimated at $800 million.

The much-anticipated Georgia Senate runoff races carry high stakes for both political parties, but Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., explained on “The Ingraham Angle” Thursday that he has high hopes for a GOP victory. Perdue argued some Georgia suburbanites who might not have voted for President Trump still care about core Republican issues, such as law and order.

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., criticized Democratic "dirty tricks" in Georgia's dueling runoff Senate races on Thursday, calling the notion of all-Democratic control in Washington a "scary" prospect.

 The Republican National Committee has sent more than 500 staffers and thousands of volunteers to Georgia for the holidays, and has committed to spending at least $20 million in the Peach State in support of GOP Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler ahead of the Jan.

Georgia's top election official says he is opening an investigation into whether third-party groups are trying to register people from other states to illegally vote in Georgia's twin Jan. 5 Senate runoff elections, when the GOP's majority in the chamber is at stake.

Top aides to Donald Trump Jr. are launching a super PAC aimed at boosting GOP voter turnout in the Jan.

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Saturday urged Republican voters in Georgia to vote for the party’s Senate candidates in the January runoffs. Some Trump supporters in the state had reportedly expressed reluctance to vote in the Jan.

Stacey Abrams is holding weekly briefings for Hollywood managers, agents and entertainment executives on how they can best help Democrats win Georgia's two Senate runoffs. Abrams has frequently engaged the deep-pocketed, liberal industry during her efforts to turn Georgia from Republican control.

Rep. Doug Collins is urging Georgia Republicans to get out and vote in January's closely watched runoff race, which will determine the balance of power in the Senate. "Georgians need to realize the reason the Democrats are flooding the state of Georgia," Collins told Maria Bartiromo on Fox News Channel's "Sunday Morning Futures."  "Outside money is flooding into Georgia right now because they want Chuck Schumer to fundamentally change the Senate," he said.

Republicans in Georgia have to play "catch-up" after ex-Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams built a strong get-out-the-vote operation, Fox News contributor Karl Rove told "Hannity" Wednesday night. Host Sean Hannity pressed Rove on whether or not the ground game would improve and Rove replied that both Republican candidates have evaluated their teams and brought new people in.