LIVE UPDATES: David Perdue to quarantine days before Georgia runoffs

After Georgia Democrats took back both of the state's Senate seats thanks in large part to Black voters, The New York Times' Sunday Review section declared "Black Power Is Here" in large bold letters at the very top as columnist Charles M. Blow made his case for a "reverse" Great Migration.

Democrat Jon Ossoff is projected to win the Georgia Senate seat over Republican David Perdue, according to the Fox News Decision Desk.  With Ossoff's win, Democrats effectively control the legislative and executive branches -- the Senate will be split 50-50, with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris casting tie-breaking votes when needed. Ossoff led Perdue by 24,859 votes -- 0.6 percent -- when the race was called, with 98 percent of precincts reporting.

Showbiz shares and the broad market rose sharply in the wake of what looks increasingly like a Democratic sweep in the Georgia Senate runoffs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 hit intraday highs.

Even celebrities were on the edge of their seats early Wednesday, watching for results from the two U.S. Senate runoff elections in Georgia.

As votes in Georgia's special U.S. Senate runoffs continued to be counted into Wednesday morning, three members of the progressive "Squad" in Congress seemed to call the races before the final numbers were tallied.  "For every organizer, volunteer, campaign staff, donor and cheerleader who is crying tears of joy, we see you and thank you! Rest up, you have earned it," Rep.

With the Senate majority up for grabs, which will likely determine how successful President-elect Joe Biden will be in passing his incoming administration’s agenda, the stakes in Tuesday’s twin Senate runoff elections in Georgia were already enormous.

Democrats are putting the pressure on Republican Georgia Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue in the final days before their runoff elections, following the release of a taped phone call in which President Trump urged Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to help him find enough votes to flip the state's result in November's presidential election.

Georgia's U.S. Senate candidates are making last-minute efforts to maximize voter support as Tuesday's runoff elections draw closer.

Republican Sen. David Perdue says winning Georgia's Senate runoffs on Tuesday and keeping the upper chamber in GOP control will "save America" from socialist policies.

Georgia's Jan. 5 runoff elections, which will determine what party gets control of the upper chamber of Congress, are only three days away, and candidates are making last-minute efforts to win as many votes as possible.

The Georgia Senate runoff elections, which will determine whether Republicans or Democrats get control of the upper chamber of Congress, are only three days away. More than 3 million Georgians have already cast ballots as the state's early voting ended Friday; more than 2 million people voted early in person and nearly 930,000 people voted early by mail.  Republican Sen.

In May 2019 I took the stage at the Georgia Republican State Convention and stressed the importance of never allowing the road to socialism to run through our state, but it was then difficult to imagine the massive responsibility before us today. Georgia has become the center of the political universe and the people of our state are now the last line of defense in the fight for the future of this country.If Democrats prevail in the U.S.

Republican Georgia Sen. David Perdue will quarantine after learning he was in contact with a staffer who tested positive for COVID-19, his campaign announced Thursday.

A Georgia judge who is the sister of Democratic politician Stacey Abrams refused to recuse herself from a crucial election case, instead ruling against the purge of 4,000 voters from state rolls before Senate runoffs.  U.S.

Officials in Georgia are preparing the possibility that close vote tallies and legal challenges could keep the winners from being declared for days or weeks in the state's two U.S. Senate runoffs, set for Jan.

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has agreed to treat mail-in ballots in Georgia’s Jan.

When Georgia's Republican Sen. David Perdue mocked Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' name at an October rally for Donald Trump, his comments sparked an uproar.

A Los Angeles-based union sent a "field team" to campaign for Democrats in the Georgia Senate runoffs days before signing a petition calling for four weeks of "strict" stay-at-home orders in Los Angeles County last week, the Washington Free Beacon reported. Unite Here Local 11 posted about its ground game in Georgia on Dec.