Georgia Race, Electoral Count Pull 2020 Drama Into New Year
- GOP to face divisive vote on election results amid objections
- Rift between McConnell, Trump could affect Senate trajectory
Vice President Mike Pence
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The non-stop drama of 2020 is bleeding into the first week of the new year, with a pivotal election in Georgia, promises of protests in the streets and President Donald Trump’s dragged-out fight over the November vote threatening to tear apart the Republican Party.
The new Congress formally took office on Sunday with the Democratic House majority re-electing Nancy Pelosi as speaker. But control of the Senate for at least the next two years is still up in the air. For the time being, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell holds on to his post. An unusual double runoff election in Georgia Tuesday will determine whether he keeps it.