Who is David Perdue? 8 things to know about the Georgia senator

More than 2 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.

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.

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.

During October, in the throes of the general election, Senator David Perdue deliberately mispronounced and mocked Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ name. This raised many eyebrows. Including members of the Asian community — particularly the South Asian community.

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.

: Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley will campaign for Sen.

Former Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour said on Monday she plans to canvass in Georgia on behalf of Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Rev.

Jennifer Lawrence is appearing in a new video to underline the importance of the upcoming runoff Senate races in Georgia next month.

Sunday night, Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler and her Democratic opponent, Raphael Warnock, faced off in a nationally televised debate ahead of a pivotal U.S.

Laverne & Shirley star David Lander has sadly passed away at the age of 73. The actor, who was beloved for his role as Andrew “Squiggy” Squiggman on the classic Garry Marshall sitcom, died due to multiple sclerosis complications, PEOPLE confirmed. The renowned funnyman lost his decades-long battle with the illness on December 4 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Here’s 5 things to know about him.

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.

With Georgia’s crucial Senate runoff vote just weeks away, a progressive political action committee has launched a billboard campaign in a tongue-in-cheek bid to convince President Trump’s backers not to lend their support to incumbant Republican candidates Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.

Georgia Sen. David Perdue’s campaign mocked his runoff opponent Jon Ossoff for eating a vegan burger Saturday — posting a photo of the Republican with a plate of bacon.

Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., is lashing back after his Democratic opponent Jon Ossoff accused him of profiting off the coronavirus following a series of stock trades Perdue made earlier in the year that raised the eyebrows of investigators yet was not deemed unlawful.

Georgia Senate Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock -- both locked in tight runoff races that have drawn national attention -- have taken different stances on the question of court packing. Ossoff is challenging Republican Sen.

Republican Sen. David Perdue on Tuesday invited New York Rep.

David Robb Labor EditorOscar-nominated screenwriter and The Comey Rule writer-director Billy Ray is urging WGA West members to mobilize through the guild’s political action committee to “rid the Senate” of GOP incumbents Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue in next month’s dual runoff races in Georgia.Loeffler and Perdue “are fairly loathsome,” he said today in a mass email to the guild’s members.