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A contest for a U.S. Senate seat from Georgia has become a last stand for the Republican Party to block Democrats from gaining a majority big enough to push their legislation through the chamber almost at will.

Democrats and Republicans are anxiously awaiting the results of two unresolved Senate races. In Georgia, there's a runoff election next month, and in Minnesota, a statewide recount begins Wednesday.

Voting is underway for the Georgia Election Runoff... and some local voters are opting to hit the polls early.

Incumbent senator visits South Georgia to seal more votes.

For the estimated 173,000 military and overseas voters eligible to vote by absentee ballot in the Dec. 2 Senate runoff election in Georgia, the Overseas Vote Foundation has developed a customized version of their upgraded online Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot.

Today is the last day of early voting for Georgia's December 2nd runoff election.

The 2008 campaign chief for Senate Republicans said Wednesday that he is resigned to having lost Alaska but is optimistic about hanging on to Senate seats in Minnesota and Georgia.

John McCain and Sarah Palin will return to the campaign trail tomorrow just more than a week after their crushing election defeat, with the Republican presidential candidate making his first public appearance in a close-fought Senate battle and the vice-presidential candidate positioning herself for a 2012 White House run. McCain, who spoke about the defeat in his first interview since the ...

WALTON COUNTY ? Early voting began today locally in the run-off election to decide the much-watched Georgia U.S. Senate race. The race will be decided Dec. 2 during a special election.

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens conceded defeat Wednesday in a re-election bid shadowed by his federal felony conviction, a bitter end to a four-decade career in which he held a commanding place in state politics and on some of the most influential congressional committees in Washington.

Secretary of State Karen Handel has certified Georgia's election results, making official a Dec. 2 runoff for the U.S. Senate. Neither Republican Saxby Chambliss nor his Democratic challenger Jim Martin earned the needed 50 percent plus one of the vote.

A state investigation found that Fulton County may have caused 2,500 absentee voters to miss the election, according to a letter from Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel. The letter, dated Oct. 31, accused Fulton County voter registration officials of failing to process absentee ballot requests and send out ballots in a timely manner. "Approximately 100 [ballot applications] have been in ...

ATLANTA - Secretary of State Karen Handel certified Georgia's election results Thursday, making official a Dec. 2 runoff for U.S. Senate, Public Service Commission and Georgia Court of Appeals seats.

Secretary of State Karen Handel has certified Georgia's election results, making official a Dec. 2 runoff for the U.S. Senate.

Over the next few weeks, expect the campaign volume to be ratcheted up in DeKalb over one last big election battle ? the U.S. Senate race.

Secretary of State Karen Handel has certified Georgia's election results, making official a December 2 runoff for the U.S. Senate.

Ashley Anderson's absentee ballot for the Nov. 4 general election arrived at her Roswell home on Election Day. Too bad she was 119 miles away in class at Auburn University.

Brad Friedman: Democrats may get their filibuster-proof 60-seat majority if recounts in three undecided Senate contests are honest and fair

Muscogee County voters during early elections at the Columbus Public Library. (Dave Bender/file)

Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel today released the following statement regarding the 2008 General Election