Georgia Runoffs Cap ‘Deranged Year’ With Ugly Ads, Flood of Cash
- Hundreds of millions to be spent with chamber control at stake
- Biden the first Democrat to win state since Clinton in 1992
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Georgia’s two U.S. Senate runoffs are transfixing the country, drawing record sums of money and attracting a herd of political strategists and consultants.
Election workers are still recounting ballots in the Nov. 3 presidential race, but voters are already looking ahead to Jan. 5, when they will determine whether Democrats retake the Senate majority -- and therefore how readily President-elect Joe Biden can get legislation passed, cabinet appointments approved and judges confirmed. On Friday, several TV networks called Biden the winner in Georgia, making him the first Democrat to take the state since Bill Clinton in 1992.