Pass the torch! That was the rallying cry of young presidential candidates like Congressman Eric Swalwell, Andrew Yang, and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro this election season, who routinely used the debate stage to highlight the geriatric tendencies of their elder competitors. Instead, 78-year-old Joe Biden and 74-year-old Donald Trump faced […]
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When will we know who won the Georgia Senate runoff elections? Probably not tonight
The eyes of the nation tonight turn to Georgia, where voters will finally decide two U.S. Senate runoff elections that will determine the balance of power on Capitol Hill over the next two years. Though polls closed at 7 p.m. Eastern Time, more than 3 million Georgians had already cast their ballots in early voting—a […]
Plagued by scandals and wedded to Trump, Loeffler and Perdue face a fight for their political lives
Barring the sort of disputed outcome that’s become all too common in American politics these days, Tuesday will bring to a close the drawn-out, historically expensive, bitterly contested, and enormously consequential races for Georgia’s two seats in the U.S. Senate. More than 3 million Georgians are believed to have already cast their ballots in early […]
Georgia runoffs: A data scientist, using a blend of poll and betting numbers, sees odds favoring the Dems
Thomas Miller believes he’s just hatched the best model yet for predicting the outcome of America’s elections. And the first contests he’s using his brainchild to handicap are the twin senatorial runoffs in Georgia, where the polls will close at 7 p.m. on Jan. 5. As the election reaches its final day, his system is […]
Alex Padilla to Substitute Kamala Harris, Getting the first Latino senator in California
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla will substitute Vice President-elect Kamala Harris from the U.S. Senatehas become the first Latino from the western country to function in the room. Padilla, a former Los Angeles city councilman and state senator, are also the very first Southern Californian to combine with the Senate in nearly 3 years. […]
Wyoming elects first Bitcoin Proprietor to U.S. Senate
The cryptocurrency business ’s fortunes in Washington, D.C. obtained a possible increase on Election Night since Wyoming Republicans elected former congresswomen Cynthia Lummis into the U.S. Senate. Lummis purchased Bitcoin from 2013 on a suggestion in the son-in-law and, upon her arrival to Senate in January, is going to be the first {} member of […]
Senate majority Result may take Months –or Even More
Thirty-five U.S. Senate chairs are all on the ballot Tuesday, which will determine control of the legislative room for the following couple of decades. However, because of election legislation quirks from the countries of Georgia and Louisiana, in which a total of 3 seats are up for grabs, it’s likely that the destiny of the […]