GOP Puts Focus Anywhere But Atlanta In Georgia Runoffs

Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a “Save the Majority” rally last week in Augusta, Ga.

John Bazemore / Associated Press

Updated Thursday at 12:04 p.m.

Vice President Mike Pence is seemingly holding rallies everywhere in Georgia lately — except Atlanta and its inner suburbs.

Pence was returning Thursday for events in Columbus, on the state’s western edge, and Macon, in middle Georgia, to support Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler before runoff elections on Jan. 5 that will determine control of the Senate.