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McConnell quietly courts Senate primary candidates ‘who can win’ regardless of Trump ties
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is quietly maneuvering to field a slate of GOP Senate candidates in critical battleground states, attempting to avoid a repeat of election cycles a decade ago when candidates emerged from primaries only to implode and deny his party the chance to take back the majority.
This time around, the wily Kentucky Republican has a high-spending super PAC and he’s prepared to use it.
With 20 GOP seats to defend including five open seats where Republican senators are retiring compared with 14 seats that Democrats have to defend, McConnell is making clear he’s not taking any chances. And he’s signaling he has little regard as to whether GOP prospects are loyal to former President Donald Trump, who himself is beginning to take an active role in Senate GOP primaries.
ATLANTA The death threats finally appeared to be subsiding, Brad Raffensperger was happy to report.
“I haven’t gotten one in a while,” said Mr. Raffensperger, Georgia’s embattled secretary of state, expressing hope that political passions might be cooling off in the state though “cooling off” is relative in the country’s most heated battleground.
Not since Florida’s presidential recount of 2000 has one state’s election cycle drawn so much national even international scrutiny. Polarizing figures, expensive campaigns and breathless plotlines have become a seemingly permanent feature of elections here. Analysts have identified Georgia as a major bellwether of the nation’s cultural, economic and demographic realignment, as well as a prime battlefield for showdowns over such fundamental civic matters as the right to vote.
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David Perdue won’t be running to take back his Senate seat in 2022, leaving the field open for other Republican candidates to challenge newly elected Democratic Senator Rev. Raphael Warnock.
In a statement released on Tuesday, Perdue said the decision was personal, not political, and that he would “do everything I can” to make sure that Warnock is replaced by a Republican in 2022.
The decision comes a week after Perdue filed the paperwork required to run for the post currently held by Warnock, who defeated Georgia’s other former Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler in the Jan. 5 runoff.
In the statement, Perdue parroted unfounded claims spread by former President Donald Trump who also lost Georgia regarding the security and validity of Georgia’s election, and referenced the election reform bills currently making their way through the Georgia General assembly.