Crucial Georgia Senate runoffs are shaped by economic pain
By Jess Bidgood Globe Staff,Updated December 18, 2020, 8:02 p.m.
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Democrats have portrayed Georgia Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue as out of touch.Brynn Anderson/Associated Press
FAIRBURN, Ga. â Candice Williams felt awkward, but she pulled her car into the long line curling out from the food pantry anyway, her daughter cheerfully ensconced in her car seat in the back.
She rolled slowly past the low-slung industrial buildings on the outer edge of Atlanta, toward the empty church that was now a staging ground for a phalanx of volunteers packing food into bright purple bags. It wasnât so long ago that she was helping others instead of asking for help.