Seth McLaughlin

Georgia Senate runoffs: Nervous nation awaits results

Control of the Senate hung in the balance Tuesday night as the nation awaited the results from the Georgia runoff races. Published January 6, 2021

Exit poll: 76% of Georgia Republicans say 2020 election was not fair

A clear majority of Republicans in Georgia say they do not believe the November election was conducted fairly. Published January 5, 2021

Perdue, Loeffler deliver Election Day plea: ‘Go Vote!’

Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler issued an 11th-hour plea Tuesday to voters in Georgia to head to the polls in their competitive runoff races. Published January 5, 2021

Gabriel Sterling, Georgia election official, refutes Trump’s claims about Dominion voting machines

Georgia elections official Gabriel Sterling is playing defense in real time against President Trump's attempts to cast doubts over Election Day voting in the state. Published January 5, 2021

Raphael Warnock: Kelly Loeffler’s objection to election results is ‘shameful’

Sen. Kelly Loeffler's challenger in the runoff races in Georgia said Tuesday it is "shameful" the Republican supports the push to object to the certification of the Electoral College results. Published January 5, 2021

Jon Ossoff: Vote Democrat, get $2,000 checks

Jon Ossoff pledged that if Democrats flip the Senate seats in the Georgia runoff races Tuesday that voters can count on President-elect Joseph R. Biden working with Congress to approve $2,000 stimulus checks. Published January 5, 2021

Georgia Senate runoffs: Stars try to seal the deal

The biggest names in American politics converged on Georgia Monday to put their final imprint on the hard-fought runoff races that will determine the balance of power in the Senate and define the waning days of President Trump's administration. Published January 4, 2021

Mike Pence rallies evangelicals in Georgia to vote for GOP senators in runoff

Vice President Mike Pence rallied evangelical Christian voters Monday during a campaign stop in Georgia, calling on voters of faith to play their part this week in defending the Republican majority in the Senate. Published January 4, 2021

Sense of urgency hangs over final day of early voting in Georgia Senate runoffs

Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler urged voters to remember that New Year's Eve marked the final day of early voting in Georgia ahead of the high-stakes runoff races next week. Published December 31, 2020

Donald Trump, Joe Biden, set to campaign Monday in Georgia

President Trump and President-elect Joseph R Biden are slated to make competing campaign appearances Monday in Georgia in a last-ditch effort to influence the Senate runoff races. Published December 30, 2020

Anti-Trump ‘Biden Republicans’ backing Kelly Loeffler, David Perdue in Georgia Senate runoffs

Kevin Broughton made personal history by casting his ballot for a Democratic presidential candidate for the first time in his life. But he said there's no way he will back Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in next week's runoff Senate elections in Georgia. Published December 29, 2020

McConnell blocks Democrats’ bid for quick approval of $2,000 stimulus checks

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked Democrats' attempt Tuesday to more than triple COVID-19 relief checks to $2,000, and moved to link any increase -- which has the backing of President Trump -- with a repeal of liability protections for Big Tech, leading Democrats to delay action on a major defense bill. Published December 29, 2020

GOP voters view Trump as model for party rebuild: Poll

President Trump's tenure at The White House is coming to an end, but his grip on the Republican Party won't be fading away any time soon. Published December 28, 2020

Christmas Eve $2,000 stimulus check push fizzles out in the House

Republicans shot down a last-minute Christmas Eve push from Democrats to rush through $2,000 stimulus checks for Americans. Published December 24, 2020

Georgia Senate runoffs: Attack ads dominate airwaves, galvanize voters

Sen. David Perdue has been warning television viewers across Georgia that a vote for his Democratic rival Jon Ossoff is a vote against the police, the military and private health insurance. Published December 23, 2020

David Perdue-Kelly Loeffler runoff races complicated by Trump relief rip

President Trump could be making life harder for Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in their runoff races in Georgia after announcing Tuesday the coronavirus relief package that the Republican Senators touted as a big win falls far short of his own expectations. Published December 22, 2020

Trump threatens to primary ‘RINO’ John Thune in 2022

President Trump provided a glimpse of what he might plan to do with all the money he's been bankrolling in the name of overturning the 2020 election: Primarying Republicans in 2022 that didn't fully embrace his controversial claims. Published December 22, 2020