The National Republican Senatorial Committee said it was building a “presidential-level voter-contact operation” in conjunction with the Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue campaigns, fanning 1,000 staffers across the state. Republicans believe it’s the largest field program in Georgia history.
The NRSC, Loeffler and Perdue campaigns said late last week that they collectively raised a staggering $32 million in six days.
And Stacey Abrams' voting rights group Fair Fight said last week that it raised just shy of $10 million in four days for its work and the campaigns of Democratic challengers Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff.
The campaigns are dramatically scaling up staff to handle the January cliffhangers. Several have hired new press secretaries to corral the increasingly large number of reporters suddenly tuned into these races.
Warnock said more than 10,000 well-wishers have signed up to volunteer with the campaign since the general election, doubling the size of his database in a week. Ossoff’s campaign manager Ellen Foster said their campaign has “engaged with tens of thousands of volunteers in the last few days who are making tens of thousands of calls a day to support” Ossoff and Warnock.
Runoffs favor strong, well-organized campaigns and Jon Ossoff’s is coming out of the gate in a sprint,” said Foster, who said the campaign has scheduled 60,000 hours of volunteer shifts over the next two weeks between nearly 22,000 volunteers.
Loeffler and Perdue drew hundreds of supporters to a pair of packed rallies recently in suburban Atlanta that featured Florida U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott.
“I’m doing a whole bunch of fundraisers for both the campaigns and for the NRSC,” said Scott, the latter’s incoming chairman. “And I’m sure there’s going to be super PACs. I got to tell you, I think it’s going to be a lot of money — from what I’ve heard of the numbers of Super PACs are raising.”
Vice President Mike Pence is expected to stump for Perdue and Loeffler later this week, and officials are hoping President Donald Trump will visit the state once more to help rally his base ahead of the runoffs.
Meanwhile, Ron Klain, Biden’s chief of staff, said Sunday that the president-elect will likely campaign for Warnock and Ossoff in Georgia “as we get closer to election day.”
“We’re going to put people, money, resources down there to help our two good candidates win,” Klain said on NBC’s “Meet the Press
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hate to agree with u here but i am not holding my breath on dems picking up both in georgia
in fact i will say no way
I guess David Perdue doesn’t like being held accountable,” says Ossoff, the 33-year-old former intern for Representative John Lewis and aide to Representative Hank Johnson whose strong November 3 showing forced Perdue into the runoff election. The high-stakes Georgia votes will occur because state law decrees that if no Senate candidate gets 50 percent of the vote in the initial balloting, a second election between the top two contenders must be held. The stakes could not be higher: Wins by Ossoff and Warnock
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Osloff also stared. : “David Perdue isn’t just a crook—he’s a coward, too.
Georgia has laws governing runoffs.
a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, no candidate shall be nominated for public office in any primary or special primary or elected to public office in any election or special election unless such candidate shall have received a majority of the votes cast to fill such nomination or public office. In instances where no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, a run-off primary, special primary runoff, run-off election, or special election runoff between the candidates receiving the two highest numbers of votes shall be held. Unless such date is postponed by a court order, such run-off primary, special primary runoff, run-off election, or special election runoff shall be held as provided in this subsection.
(2) In the case of a runoff from a general primary or a special primary or special election held in conjunction with a general primary, the runoff shall be held on the Tuesday of the ninth week following such general primary.
(3) In the case of a runoff from a general election for a federal office or a runoff from a special primary or special election for a federal office held in conjunction with a general election, the runoff shall be held on the Tuesday of the ninth week following such general election.
(4) In the case of a runoff from a general election for an office other than a federal office or a runoff from a special primary or special election for an office other than a federal office held in conjunction with a general election, the runoff shall be held on the twenty-eighth day after the day of holding the preceding general election.
(5) In the case of a runoff from a special primary or special election for a federal office not held in conjunction with a general primary or general election, the runoff shall be held on the Tuesday of the ninth week following such special primary or special election.
(6) In the case of a runoff from a special primary or special election for an office other than a federal office not held in conjunction with a general primary or general election, the runoff shall be held on the twenty-eighth day after the day of holding the preceding special primary or special election; ?provided, however, that, if such runoff is from a special primary or special election held in conjunction with a special primary or special election for a federal office and there is a runoff being conducted for such federal office, the runoff from the special primary or special election conducted for such other office may be held in conjunction with the runoff for the federal office.
(7) If any candidate eligible to be in a runoff withdraws, dies, or is found to be ineligible, the remaining candidates receiving the two highest numbers of votes shall be the candidates in the runoff.
(8) The candidate receiving the highest number of the votes cast in such run-off primary, special primary runoff, run-off election, or special election runoff to fill the nomination or public office sought shall be declared the winner.
(9) The name of a write-in candidate eligible for election in a runoff shall be printed on the election or special election run-off ballot in the independent column.
@nature1970
I have little faith in the Dems ability to win these seats. if they don't, it will be just like the last 6 years of the Obama admin with 100% obstruction from the right. Dems are terrible at messaging and playing the political game. Republicans own the media (yes they do) and are expert at messaging. Dems are weak as hell, always trying to play nice guy. Democrats try to win by making Republicans lose sleep. When a Dem says we want to unite and work across the aisle, it causes Republicans to stay up all night laughing. Republicans have no intentions of ever working with anyone. The Supreme Court debacle of Merrick Garland and Amy Coney Barret is evidence. Bill Maher said it best. "Democrats don't bring a knife to a gunfight, they bring a covered dish".
I'm hoping Dems can win at least one of those GA seats. Maybe then a Republican will die and Dems can somehow backdoor through a special election. Grassley has covid so perhaps that's a possibility.
Ere this is what is at stake in this election cycle.
So you don't wake up jan 22nd and realize ...
Biden won but....
But S.J. Res 6, the piece of legislation to remove the deadline in the Senate, is facing an uphill battle. With the future of girls and children beyond the binary on the line, we must act to pressure our Senators to listen to the will of the American people.
I want an equal rights amendment clearly stated in our constitution.
I am hoping that trumps legal challenges mandate a paper ballot clearly signed and mailed to then have a registered stamp of said ballot.
That the voting machines are idled and every vote can be determined legitimately cast down to the hard copy of an original paper ballot so that when the new Senate convenes it clearly shows that this amendment is written clearly and without asterich as the next amendment to the us constitution.
Even if I lose I know how to win again again agian....
Fair game, I like this idea. But too far to reach it, GOP will NOT loose any grab of power, that's for sure. This will happen in the far future when United States changes it's population composition, tilting toward more ethnic balanced populace. When Texas, Florida, Goergia and North Carolina... turn deep blue.
Europa,
Looks like Nature was spot on with the flip. I knew Warnock looked like a lock. Not sure how he was the underdog for so long.
Congrats Nature, Europa, and Dems. 
Europa,
Looks like Nature was spot on with the flip. I knew Warnock looked like a lock. Not sure how he was the underdog for so long.
Congrats Nature, Europa, and Dems.
cheer up we all been found to be wrong at times...
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