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Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are projected to win the Senate seats for Georgia. That hands overall government control to the Democratic Party. Business Insider reports that one of the pivotal issues in the Georgia campaigns was the prospect of $2,000 COVID-19 stimulus checks. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked the $2,000 checks. Reports in December suggested that fears over Georgia prompted him to back $600 checks instead of blocking them entirely. A fierce push by President Trump for $2,000 checks put the issue back on the table. McConnell led the Senate GOP in killing the issue.
Just days before a hotly contested senate runoff election, GOP Sen. David Perdue of Georgia is going into quarantine. CNN reports the Republican senator and his wife have tested negative for COVID-19. However, after coming into close contact with someone who tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the pair have chosen to self-quarantine. Perdue is campaigning in a runoff against Democrat Jon Ossoff, who has raised tens of millions of dollars in donations. Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler is also fighting to hold onto her US Senate seat in Georgia against Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock. If Democrats win both seats, they will control the Senate next year. Any 50-50 ties will be broken by incoming Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
Jonesboro, Oct 27 (EFE/EPA).- Democratic Georgia US Senate candidates Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff on Tuesday participated in a campaign event in Jonesboro, Georgia.Warnock is running against Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler and Ossoff is running against Republican Senator David Perdue. (Camera: ERIK LESSER). SHOT LIST: DEMOCRATIC GEORGIA US SENATE CANDIDATES REVEREND RAPHAEL WARNOCK AND JON OSSOFF PARTICIPATE IN A CAMPAIGN EVENT IN JONESBORO, GEORGIA, US.
Republican Sen. David Perdue will fight Jon Ossoff for the US Senate election in Georgia. Ossoff was an investigative journalist and the 2017 Democratic nominee for the high-profile special election in Georgia's 6th District. He is challenging Perdue's bid for a second term. Georgia has been considered a safe Republican stronghold for decades. Business Insider reports that a demographic shift in the state may favor Democrats.
The Swedish Academy announces Norway's Jon Fosse as this year's winner of the Nobel literature prize "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable", says Mats Malm, the academy's permanent secretary. SOUNDBITE
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