Voters head to the polls on Tuesday to elect three new members of the Georgia legislature and the successor to a controversial former member of Congress.
The races come after last month’s elections failed to produce outright winners. A runoff election is triggered in Georgia when no candidate exceeds 50% of the vote, leaving the top two vote-getters standing.
Democrats have overperformed in elections across the U.S. since President Donald Trump’s second term began. But they haven’t flipped any congressional seats in the handful of those elections that have occurred since then.
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