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McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau
Politics
David Catanese

As GOP heavyweights storm Georgia for Senate runoffs, Democrats hold back — for now

When Vice President Mike Pence arrives in Georgia on Friday, he'll become the fourth national Republican figure to campaign for Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in nine days.

During the same period, no outside Democrat has visited the state on behalf of challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock — and that's just fine with them.

The diverging approaches between the parties illustrate the initial strategic calculations they are making in the opening phase of Georgia's U.S. Senate runoff elections, following a cycle where a stable of well-funded, high-profile Democratic candidates severely underperformed.

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