Ginsburg's death may give Democrats a reason to consolidate in the Senate race for Loeffler seat

[Nevilledog]

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Ginsburg’s death may give Democrats a reason to consolidate in the Senate race for Kelly Loeffler seat

The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg may have just given Georgia Democrats a vital reason to consolidate behind a single candidate in the special election for the U.S. Senate seat now occupied by Republican Kelly Loeffler.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has let it be known that he intends for the GOP-led Senate to vote on a nomination by President Donald Trump to fill the now-vacant seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.

The only question now appears to be whether the vote will occur before Nov. 3, or during a lame-duck session in late November or December.

This morning, the New York Times had this:

If Mark Kelly, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Arizona, unseats Senator Martha McSally, a Republican who was appointed to her seat and began serving last year, he could be sworn in as early as Nov. 30 — possibly in time to vote on a new Supreme Court nominee, elections experts said.

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Michael Jablonski is general counsel emeritus for the Democratic Party of Georgia, and a specialist in campaign election law. According to Jablonski, Georgia law says the much same thing.

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[Statistical]

1. "Joe Lieberman's son" - oh we are fucked. Like father like son.

[CottonBear]

2. No one I know here in GA, or me, had ever heard of Lieberman's son.

I’m voting for Warnock.

I think Lieberman is a purposeful spoiler due to his name relationship to his father.

[crickets]

3. Agreed from another GA resident. 👍

[crickets]

4. A story in two bios: Warnock, Lieberman

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Can the Religious Left Flip the Bible Belt?
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/08/raphael-warnock-mlk-georgia-senate/615379/

Anger over Donald Trump’s leadership has created an opening for progressives to flip formerly solid-red states such as Georgia—and reclaim the identity of so-called values voters.

ATLANTA—In late July, Democratic political giants filed into the towering sanctuary of Ebenezer Baptist Church to mourn the death of an era, and to declare a new one to come. This is the church where Martin Luther King Jr. once preached, and where Representative John Lewis, the civil-rights icon, was now being laid to rest. Lewis’s pastor, Raphael Warnock, stood before the congregation in a black pulpit robe with Kente-cloth panels and lamented the cynicism of this time in American politics. “In a moment when there are some in high office who are much better at division than vision, who cannot lead us so they seek to divide us,” he said, “here lies a true American patriot.” As former President Barack Obama took the lectern, he turned to Warnock, locked eyes, and pointed.

This was not just a funeral for Lewis and the civil-rights movement. It was a rally for a different America, one where health-care coverage is universal, police officers are traded for social workers, and bail has gone the way of the horse and buggy. Democrats intend for November’s elections to be the first step toward building that America.

Warnock wants to help Democrats remake the country. The pastor is hoping his association with King and other civil-rights leaders will come in handy during his campaign for one of Georgia’s two United States Senate seats on the ballot in November. Polling experts consider Warnock’s race competitive, and if he wins, he could be the first Democratic senator elected from Georgia in two decades, and the first Black senator from Georgia ever. His pitch, modeled after his close ally Stacey Abrams’s 2018 gubernatorial bid, is based on math, motivation, and morality. Georgia’s voter base has transformed in recent years, with a surge in registrations among young people and racial minorities. Democrats are betting on high turnout, driven by anger about racist violence, outrage over Trump, and frustration with how the state has handled COVID-19. And Warnock’s supporters believe his identity as a progressive pastor and activist will help him win in Georgia, a state where three-quarters of the population attend religious services at least somewhat regularly.

I have to admit I haven't been following this race as closely as I should (Lieberman - seriously?) but I am very impressed with Warnock. I hope he is competitive enough to compete with Loeffler and win. He should be. She is awful.

[Polybius]

5. Isn't Alabama a special election too?

If yes, will Tuckerville be seated in November as well?

[karynnj]

7. No, Jones won a special election - and 2020 is when that seat was up, so he has to run again

The Republican governor appointed Luther Strange to Jeff Sessions seat when he became the AG. That led to a special election that Jones won at least partly because the Republicans chose Moore, even after there were credible allegations that as an adult he was sexually involved with minor girls - using his official position and some times against their will.

[qazplm135]

6. Lieberman should drop and

They should consolidate but even then getting to 50 in the first round probably won't happen.

My real concern is a two republican runoff because of lieberman.

[CottonBear]

8. The Libertarian candidate will peel off some Trump voters.

Senator “Barbie” Loeffler (R-GA) is a proxy for KKKEMP (R-GA Governor) and Rep. Doug Collins is a proxy for David Ralston (R-GA speaker of General Assembly).

There’s an internal battle in the Georgia GOP.