Local Matters: Georgia GOP sues Republican secretary of state

Georgia's Republican Party chairman and the Republican National Committee are suing Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger over alleged issues regarding ballot observer access during the state's vote count for the 2020 presidential election. Tia Mitchell, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Washington correspondent, joins CBSN's "Red and Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with more on the lawsuit and the state's critical Senate runoff races.

• Dec 8, 2020
• 06:53

Texas sues to block other states' election results

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing over the election results in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia, four battleground states that helped swing the race for President-elect Joe Biden. Michigan's attorney general called it a "publicity stunt." CBS News 2020 campaign reporter Adam Brewster joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" host Elaine Quijano to discuss what Paxton is arguing, and where the lawsuit could be headed.

• Dec 8, 2020
• 07:36

Georgia election misinformation on Facebook

A newly released report from Avaaz suggests Facebook isn't flagging most of the misinformation about Georgia's Senate runoff election on its platform. CBSN technology reporter Dan Patterson joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero to discuss what the report found and what it says Facebook needs to do moving forward.

• Dec 8, 2020
• 05:31

Sidney Powell lawsuit aimed at decertifying Georgia results dismissed

It's the latest blow to those hoping to overturn the results of the election.

• Dec 8, 2020

Georgia Senate debates make headlines

Georgia Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler would not acknowledge President-elect Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 election in her debate Sunday against Reverend Raphael Warnock. Meanwhile, in the state's other runoff, Senator David Perdue refused to debate his Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff. Atlanta Journal-Constitution political reporter Patricia Murphy joins CBSN with the latest on the runoffs.

• Dec 7, 2020
• 06:38

Local Matters: Georgia governor rejects Trump request

Georgia's Republican Governor Brian Kemp has rejected a request from President Trump to call a special session to overturn the results of the November election. In a statement Sunday, Kemp said Mr. Trump asked him to choose a new slate of presidential electors for when the electoral college casts its official vote next week, a move Kemp said would be unconstitutional. CBS Atlanta affiliate WGCL-TV's investigative reporter Adam Murphy and Politico's Senate campaign reporter James Arkin join CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano to discuss the latest on the state's critical Senate race.

• Dec 7, 2020
• 10:56

Georgia leaders reject Trump's push to overturn election results

Governor Brian Kemp and Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan, both Republicans, said allowing a separate slate of presidential electors to be selected would be illegal.

• Dec 7, 2020

Loeffler and Warnock face off in Georgia Senate debate

Loeffler three times refused to acknowledge that President Trump​ lost reelection in November, as she debated her Democratic opponent less than one month to the runoff election.

• Dec 7, 2020

Georgia Senate runoff debates

The Senate runoff campaigns in Georgia are heating up as Senator Kelly Loeffler and Rev. Raphael Warnock went head-to-head in a debate, but Senator David Perdue didn't show up for his, leaving the stage to his Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff. CBS News' Mark Strassmann reports on the highlights, and Greg Bluestein, political reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution who served as a panelist at the Loeffler-Warnock debate, joins CBSN with analysis.

• Dec 7, 2020
• 12:34

Georgia high school students on mission to register young voters

The deadline to register new voters in time for Georgia's January runoffs is December 7.

• Dec 7, 2020

Georgia youth mobilize voters

Students for Tomorrow is mobilizing Georgia's first-time voters ahead of January's Senate election runoffs. Mark Strassmann reports.

• Dec 7, 2020
• 03:31

Georgia lieutenant governor on election

President Trump is pressuring Georgia's governor to persuade the state's legislature to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory. Georgia Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan joined "CBS This Morning" to discuss the pressure campaign and the upcoming runoff elections for the state's Senate seats.

• Dec 7, 2020
• 06:35

Georgia Senate candidates face off

Two Senate runoff elections in Georgia will determine the fate of the U.S. Senate. On Sunday, Republican Senator David Perdue did not show up for a debate with Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff, while junior Senator Kelly Loeffler faced off with her Democratic challenger, Reverend Raphael Warnock. Mark Strassmann reports.

• Dec 7, 2020
• 03:16

U.S. hospitals at breaking point amid COVID-19 surge

CBS News' Mark Strassmann reports from Georgia on the nationwide surge in COVID-19 cases.

• Dec 6, 2020
• 03:03

Trump makes multiple false claims in first rally since election loss

President Trump, who has refused to concede the election, appeared at a rally for Georgia Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.

• Dec 6, 2020

Trump travels to Georgia ahead of Senate runoff

President Trump will be lending his support to the two Republican incumbents running in January's Senate runoff as he campaigns in Georgia Saturday afternoon. Mr. Trump hopes he can provide the party a boost in the Peach State, as his election campaign continues to dispute the results of the 2020 election. Vice News political correspondent Liz Landers joins CBSN to discuss whether or not the president's support will help or hurt the Republicans' chances of reclaiming the Senate majority next month.

• Dec 5, 2020
• 05:41

Trump travels to Georgia ahead of Senate runoff

President Trump will host a rally Saturday in Georgia for the two Republican Senate candidates in the state's January runoff. His involvement on the campaign trail comes after the Washington Post reports Mr. Trump called Georgia's Governor Brian Kemp on Saturday to ask for his assistance in overturning the state's results in the 2020 election. CBS News 2020 campaign reporter Tim Perry has the latest.

• Dec 5, 2020
• 05:50

Trump to rally for Georgia Senate candidates

President Trump will travel to Georgia for a rally on Saturday. He's throwing his support behind the two Republican candidates in the state's Senate runoff elections, races that will ultimately decide whether Democrats or Republicans control the Senate. "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan joined CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss that and more.

• Dec 4, 2020
• 09:16

Asian American voter turnout soars in Georgia

As activists work to mobilize voters ahead of Georgia's critical Senate runoff elections in January, exit poll data shows the state's Asian American community nearly doubled its turnout compared with 2016. Stephanie Cho, executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta, joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with more on why the group is being eyed by Democrats in their attempt to flip control of the Senate.

• Dec 3, 2020
• 07:55

Georgia couple facing eviction as housing protections set to expire

The power line to their house was cut and their landlord has refused to fix it for five weeks amid the coronavirus pandemic.

• Dec 3, 2020

Georgia recount confirmed Biden victory

Georgia confirmed for the third time that President-elect Joe Biden won the state. A second state recount, requested by the Trump campaign, found Biden beat President Trump by more than 10,000 votes. Mark Strassmann reports.

• Dec 3, 2020
• 03:54

Trump to travel to Georgia on Saturday to rally for Perdue and Loeffler

The president has refused to concede and baselessly questioned the results of the presidential election in Georgia.

• Dec 3, 2020

Local Matters: Georgia's ballot recount deadline looms

Over 80% of counties in Georgia have completed a second machine recount of votes from the November election, as requested by the Trump campaign, and elections officials say there are "no substantial changes to the results." The Atlanta-Journal Constitution's political reporter Greg Bluestein joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with more on how Republicans are feeling ahead of a rally President Trump will host on behalf of Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue this weekend.

• Dec 2, 2020
• 05:36

LeBron James' voting rights group takes aim at Georgia Senate runoffs

"We're gonna get behind that and hopefully create change," he said.

• Dec 2, 2020

Georgia elections official rebukes Trump after threats to workers

Gabriel Sterling, the voting system implementation manager in Georgia, said his anger stemmed from the revelation a young contractor with a voting company was receiving death threats.

• Dec 2, 2020

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