Election 2020

Everything you need to know about the local, state and federal elections in 2020.

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January 6, 2021 8:54 AM

Warnock, Ossoff win in Georgia, handing Dems Senate control

Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, Democratic challengers who represented the diversity of their party’s evolving coalition, defeated Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. The twin victories Wednesday end nearly two decades in which Democrats have been shut out of statewide victories in Georgia.

by The Associated Press

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January 6, 2021 8:33 AM

Trump supporters clash with Capitol police at protest

Thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump amassed in Washington, D.C., to reject the results of the Nov. 3 election. The House and Senate abruptly took a recess as the United States Capitol police locked down the building, not allowing people to come in or out.

by Marisa Peñaloza

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January 6, 2021 8:24 AM

'Welcome to the new Georgia': Warnock on his win in Georgia runoff

He becomes the first Black person to be elected to the Senate from the state and the first Black Democratic senator from the South.

by Barbara Sprunt

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January 6, 2021 5:57 AM

Congress rejects objection to Arizona votes, takes up Pennsylvania objection

Members of the U.S. House and Senate on Wednesday voted to reject objections to Joe Biden's election victory in the state of Arizona, hours after violent insurrectionists stormed the Capitol. The joint session took the tally back up, only to break again over objections to Pennsylvania.

by NPR Staff

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January 6, 2021 2:33 AM

Attorney on call with Trump and Georgia officials resigns from law firm

Cleta Mitchell's now-former law firm, Foley & Lardner, said this week that her involvement in the president's call with Georgia officials alleging a stolen election was "concerning."

by Jaclyn Diaz

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January 5, 2021 8:05 PM

Hundreds of Trump supporters flock to D.C. ahead of vote

Just blocks from the White House, hundreds of people gathered Tuesday afternoon and evening in Freedom Plaza to decry the vote by the Electoral College.

by The Associated Press

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January 5, 2021 7:34 PM

AP VoteCast: GOP voters in Georgia back Trump's false claims

About three-quarters of voters who backed Republican candidates in Georgia’s Senate runoffs say President-elect Joe Biden was not legitimately elected in November.

by The Associated Press

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January 5, 2021 9:56 AM

Live results: Democrats win 1 of 2 Georgia races, with Senate control in sight

Democrat Raphael Warnock defeated GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler, according to The Associated Press. If Democrat Jon Ossoff defeats Republican David Perdue, control of the Senate will flip.

by Deirdre Walsh

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January 5, 2021 5:50 AM

Trump says he'll 'fight like hell' to hold on to presidency

With mounting desperation, Donald Trump declared he would "fight like hell" to hold on to the presidency and appealed to Republican lawmakers to reverse his election loss to Joe Biden when they convene this week to confirm the Electoral College vote.

by The Associated Press

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January 4, 2021 7:26 AM

Fact check: Trump's made-up claims of fake Georgia votes

President Donald Trump put forth a dizzying array of fuzzy accounting and outright false claims in an extraordinary phone call to Georgia's secretary of state seeking a reversal of his election defeat, fabricating a slew of votes that he said should've been counted in his favor.

by The Associated Press

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