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FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 25, 2019 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, speaks with Kentucky Governor-Elect Andy Beshear before the dedication of a Recovery Community Center in Manchester, Ky. Mitch McConnell has given his blessing to legislation to change how a vacant U.S. Senate seat would be filled in his home state of Kentucky, but it most certainly doesn't signal an opening is contemplated, an ally of the Senate Republican leader said Friday, March 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Governor vetoes bill curbing his ability to fill Senate seat

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 25, 2019 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, speaks with Kentucky Governor-Elect Andy Beshear before the dedication of a Recovery Community Center in Manchester, Ky. Mitch McConnell has given his blessing to legislation to change how a vacant U.S. Senate seat would be filled in his home state of Kentucky, but it most certainly doesn't signal an opening is contemplated, an ally of the Senate Republican leader said Friday, March 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Kentucky House passes new rules for filling Senate vacancies

By PIPER HUDSPETH BLACKBURN - Associated Press

In this 2010 photo, Fox News Channel commentator Geraldo Rivera speaks on the "Fox & Friends" television program in New York. (Associated Press)

Geraldo Rivera shelves potential Senate run: ‘Fox freaked out’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Trump-backed candidate tapped to head Ohio Republican Party

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

This is a screenshot of the defense exhibit video played for senators as part of the presentation by David Schoen, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, during Trump's second impeachment trial in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. Trump’s defense team used the split screen to try to make the case that the Democratic prosecutors had taken the former president's words out of context and that Trump cannot be held responsible for inciting the deadly Jan. 6 riot by his supporters at the Capitol. (Senate Television via AP)

A deal for impeachment

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

Twitter account of failed U.S. Senate candidate is suspended

Associated Press

In this Nov. 15, 2019, file photo, former Georgia House Democratic Leader Stacey Abrams, speaks at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Michael A. McCoy, File)

Georgia Republicans create anti-Stacey Abrams advocacy group for 2022

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Workers at the Gwinnett County Georgia elections headquarters process absentee ballots for Georgia's Senate runoff election in Lawrenceville, Ga. on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

Georgia legislature braces for a battle over voting laws

By BEN NADLER - Associated Press

In this Nov. 15, 2020, file photo Raphael Warnock, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, speaks during a campaign rally in Marietta, Ga. As the head of the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached, Warnock has not shied away from impassioned sermons and forceful advocacy on behalf of the poor and disadvantaged. The 51-year-old now wants to take that progressive platform to the U.S. Senate. He is running to unseat one of Georgia's Republican senators, Kelly Loeffler, in the Jan. 5 race. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Raphael Warnock declares victory in Georgia Senate runoff

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Elections workers at the Fulton County Georgia elections warehouse check in voting machine memory cards that store ballots following the Senate runoff election in Atlanta on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Georgia's two Senate runoff elections on Tuesday will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate. Republican Kelly Loeffler is going up against Democrat Raphael Warnock, while Republican David Perdue is challenging Democrat Jon Ossoff. Democrats must win both seats to take control of the Senate. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

The Latest: Georgia governor calls riot in DC a ‘disgrace’

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

CORRECTS CITY TO ATLANTA Democratic U.S. Senate challenger Jon Ossoff speaks to the media at Dunbar Neighborhood Center during Georgia's Senate runoff elections, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Atlanta, Ga. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

Ossoff seals Democrats’ sweep; will be youngest US senator

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

Two women pray during a Republican election-night watch party, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

For media following Georgia, nail-biting and lots of numbers

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

A worker passes voting signs while setting up a polling location at an elementary school in Gwinnett County, Ga., outside of Atlanta on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in advance of the Senate runoff election. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

The Latest: Ossoff-Perdue Senate race is too early to call

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee member Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, speaks during the committee's business meeting on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Joe Biden: ‘Decent Republicans’ like Mitt Romney ready to move on from Donald Trump

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE- In this Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020 file photo, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem speaks in Sioux Falls, S.D. The largest group representing South Dakota doctors has come out in support of a statewide mask mandate as several cities have moved to require masks in public settings. Gov. Noem has opposed government-imposed mask mandates, arguing they have not been proven to halt the spread of infections. She plans to give an update on the state's coronavirus situation later Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. (Erin Bormett/The Argus Leader via AP)

Trump encourages South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to primary Sen. John Thune

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President-elect Joe Biden speaks at a drive-in rally for Georgia Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Turning the page? Republicans acknowledge Biden’s victory

By WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press

President-elect Joe Biden speaks at a drive-in rally for Georgia Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Joe Biden goes to bat for Democrats in Georgia runoff races

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President-elect Joe Biden speaks at a drive-in rally for Georgia Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Turning the page? Republicans acknowledge Biden’s victory

By WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press

N.C. state Sen. Jeff Jackson is considering US Senate bid

Associated Press

RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT SPELLING OF PURDUE TO PERDUE - A jet takes off from Valdosta Regional Airport before the start of a rally featuring President Donald Trump for U.S. Senators Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and David Perdue, R-Ga., Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020 in Valdosta, Ga. President Trump’s first political rally since losing the election is meant to boost Republican incumbents campaigning in the two Georgia runoffs that will decide which party controls the Senate. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

Poll: Most Ga. voters want special session for ballot signature verification

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times