Category: Georgia

Senate Majority Leader Schumer ‘So Happy’ About Warnock Win in Georgia

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) celebrated after incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock’s (D-Ga.) win in the Georgia Senate runoff, saying Democrats are “so happy” about the victory. Schumer made the remark during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, where he highlighted Warnock’s win over Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a close race….


Georgia Voters Head to the Polls for Senate Runoff Race Between Warnock and Walker

Voters went to the polls on Tuesday to cast ballots in Georgia’s Senate runoff race between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Republican former football star Herschel Walker after neither candidate garnered 50 percent of the vote in the Nov. 8 midterms. A runoff, under Georgia state law, is an additional election that is used to…


Judge Rules Georgia GOP Chair Can’t Share Lawyers With 10 Alternate Electors in 2020 Election Probe

A judge ruled on Wednesday that Georgia GOP Chairman David Shafer can’t share legal counsel with 10 other alternate electors before the special purpose grand jury in the probe of the 2020 election. The grand jury is investigating post-election efforts to question the integrity of the 2020 presidential election, including 16 Republicans from Georgia who were deemed…


Mark Meadows Must Testify in Georgia Election Probe: South Carolina Supreme Court

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows must testify to a grand jury in Georgia that’s investigating possible election-related misconduct, South Carolina’s top court ruled on Nov. 29. “We have reviewed the arguments raised by Appellant and find them to be manifestly without merit,” South Carolina’s Supreme Court said in a brief ruling. Lawyers…


Georgia Tech’s Lunar Flashlight Heads to the Moon

After years of preparation, a team of Georgia Tech researchers and students will watch their small satellite leave Earth and begin its mission to the moon. SpaceX will launch Lunar Flashlight on Wednesday from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Georgia Tech team will then pivot to its role as mission control. Fourteen operators, including six undergraduate…


Capitol Report (Nov. 29): Mitch McConnell Weighs in on Trump Dissent; New Pelosi Documentary to be Released

A potential nationwide rail strike is looming over the holiday season. How is President Joe Biden reacting, and what is Congress poised to do? Former President Donald Trump is under fire for a dinner guest he invited who he says he didn’t know very well. Republicans on Capitol Hill are reacting. Protesters in cities across China…


Herschel Walker Warns Democrats Will Get ‘Total Control’ of Senate With Win

Republican candidate Heschel Walker on Tuesday explained why he believes the Senate runoff race is significant even though Democrats have already obtained a majority in the upper chamber. Earlier this month, after contested races were called in Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Arizona, Democrats were able to secure 50 seats to maintain their majority in the Senate…


Remains of Missing Georgia Toddler Quinton Simon Found in Landfill: FBI

Human remains found in a Georgia landfill on Nov. 18 belong to a toddler reported missing in October, the FBI confirmed on Monday. In a statement, the FBI Atlanta said the agency’s laboratory division had confirmed through DNA analysis that the bones found in Superior Landfill in Savannah, Ga., belonged to 20-month-old Quinton Simon. Quinton was reported…


FBI Confirms Remains in Landfill Belong to Georgia Toddler

SAVANNAH, Ga.—The FBI on Monday confirmed that the bones found in a Georgia landfill are those of a toddler who had been reported missing last month and whose mother was arrested last week on charges including murder. The FBI used DNA analysis to confirm that the bones belonged to 20-month-old Quinton Simon, the agency said…


Here’s Where the Warnock–Walker Race Stands After Early Voting Starts in Georgia Runoff

More than 180,000 voters cast their ballots during early voting in the Georgia Senate runoff election between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Republican candidate Herschel Walker, according to state election data. About 69,297 Georgians turned out to vote on Saturday, the first day of early voting in the state after several courts ruled against a…