WASHINGTON — Georgia, the state on track to produce the closest finish of the 2020 presidential election, is about to endure an unprecedented political encore that will decide control of the U.S. Senate.
The runoff campaigns for both the state's Senate seats are set to attract hundreds of millions of dollars in spending, a slew of national figures from both parties and notoriety that will cement Georgia's status as a premiere battleground for years to come.
One race pits first-term Republican Sen. David Perdue against Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff, who ran unsuccessfully in a special U.S. House election in the state three years ago. The other features Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler versus the Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat attempting to become the state's first African American senator.
