The control of the Senate amounts to that of today run-off elections in Georgia for the two Senate seats of the state. Republicans need to win just one seat to retain control of the Senate, but if the Democrats win both seats, there will be a 50-50 draw in the Senate and Kamala Harris, vice president, will be the deciding vote.
CBSN’s Elaine Quijano will anchor a special episode of ‘Red & Blue’ at 5pm. CBSN will also begin broadcasting live from 7pm when the polls close, with Caitlin Huey-Burns, CBSN’s political reporter from Georgia.
CBS News ‘Director of Elections and Surveys, Anthony Salvanto, will also appear throughout the evening, as will CBS News’s chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett, CBS News’s chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes, CBS News’ political correspondents Ed O’Keefe and Nikole Killion and political reporters from CBS News LaCrai Mitchell and Adam Brewster.
CBSN will also speak to local reporters in Georgia as part of the “Local Matters” series.
How to look at the results of the Georgian senate
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What: Georgia Senate run-off elections
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Date: Tuesday 5 January
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Polls include: 19:00 ET
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Sample coverage of “Red & Blue” on CBSN: 5-7 nm
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CBSN Live coverage: 19:00
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Online stream: Live on CBSN in the player above and on your mobile or streaming device.
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Follow: Live Election Updates on CBSNews.com.
Nearly 3 million votes were cast early in the run-up, with 2 million of the early personal votes and nearly 1 million absent. Early voting ended Thursday.
Senator David Perdue facing Democrat Jon Ossoff, Announced Thursday he will be quarantined because he came in contact with someone during his campaign who tested positive for COVID-19. While it is unclear how long he will sit in quarantine, the Republican will miss some of the most important final days of the campaign.
Perdue told Fox News on Friday that it was “terrible timing” to go into quarantine, but the campaign is going to “miss no step”.
Republicans are fighting hard to retain both seats. In November, Perdue led Ossoff by less than 100,000 votes, but Perdue could not get 50% of the vote to avoid the run-off.
The other race pits Democratic Sen. Kelly Loeffler against Democrat Raphael Warnock, the senior pastor in Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church.
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Their race came to an end after Loeffler and Congressman Doug Collins, a favorite of President Trump, split the Republican vote in November. Warnock won the most votes of the three, but Loeffler and Collins collectively won more votes than he did.
Mr. Trump will hold a rally in Dalton, Georgia, on Monday, January 4, before the election. Vice President Mike Pence is also on Monday in Georgia in Georgia Faith Community Call to Action at a church in Milner, Georgia.
President-elect Joe Biden is in Atlanta on Monday and Harris campaigned on Sunday.