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Runoff exposes deep-seated issues in Georgia

Georgia's January 5 Senate runoff will decide which party controls the Senate for the first two years under the incoming Biden administration. As we get closer to the final day of voting, the election has exposed some deep-seated issues surrounding race and religion within Georgia's Christian population. Christian Science Monitor correspondent Patrik Jonsson joins CBSN to discuss the impact the race is having on religious observers across the state.

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Politicians campaign for Ga. Senate runoff candidates

There are just two weeks left until Georgia's Senate runoff elections. Both Republicans and Democrats have made visits to the state to stump for their candidates in a race that will ultimately determine which party will control the Senate. Meantime, early voting is in full swing, with data showing more than 1.6 million people having cast their ballots. Tia Mitchell, Washington correspondent for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, joins CBSN's Tom Hanson with her analysis.

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Early voting for Georgia's Senate runoff races gets underway

President-elect Biden will be traveling to Atlanta next week to campaign for both democratic Senate candidates, Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. The high stakes special election is already drawing thousands of votes, as early voting gets underway in the state. Tia Mitchell is a Washington correspondent for the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. She joined CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss the latest in the contentious Senate race.

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Local Matters: Georgia GOP sues Republican secretary of state

Georgia's Republican Party chairman and the Republican National Committee are suing Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger over alleged issues regarding ballot observer access during the state's vote count for the 2020 presidential election. Tia Mitchell, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Washington correspondent, joins CBSN's "Red and Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with more on the lawsuit and the state's critical Senate runoff races.

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Local Matters: Georgia governor rejects Trump request

Georgia's Republican Governor Brian Kemp has rejected a request from President Trump to call a special session to overturn the results of the November election. In a statement Sunday, Kemp said Mr. Trump asked him to choose a new slate of presidential electors for when the electoral college casts its official vote next week, a move Kemp said would be unconstitutional. CBS Atlanta affiliate WGCL-TV's investigative reporter Adam Murphy and Politico's Senate campaign reporter James Arkin join CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano to discuss the latest on the state's critical Senate race.

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Georgia Senate runoff debates

The Senate runoff campaigns in Georgia are heating up as Senator Kelly Loeffler and Rev. Raphael Warnock went head-to-head in a debate, but Senator David Perdue didn't show up for his, leaving the stage to his Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff. CBS News' Mark Strassmann reports on the highlights, and Greg Bluestein, political reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution who served as a panelist at the Loeffler-Warnock debate, joins CBSN with analysis.

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