Elections
The latest Elections coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Politics section.
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Georgia takeaways: Trump’s long shadow not fading yet
Ballots are still being counted in the Georgia runoffs that will determine control of the U.S. Senate and the scope of President-elect Joe Biden's agenda. Tuesday's vote also offers the first clues about the direction of American politics after the turbulent presidency of Donald Trump.
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Here’s what Northwest Georgia voters had to say on Election Day
At the voting precinct in Ringgold, Georgia, on Tuesday afternoon, 19-year-old Cole Dasinger was surely an outlier when it came to his political beliefs.
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Georgia counting ballots in crucial Senate runoff elections
Georgia officials started counting ballots as polls began to close across the state on Tuesday night in two critical races that will determine control of the U.S. Senate.
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Many more in GOP rejecting Trump’s bid to undo his defeat
With mounting desperation, President Donald Trump called on Republican lawmakers Monday to reverse his election loss to Joe Biden when Congress convenes for a joint session this week to confirm the Electoral College vote.
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s made-up claims of fake Georgia votes
President Donald Trump put forth a dizzying array of fuzzy accounting and outright false claims in an extraordinary phone call to Georgia's secretary of state seeking a reversal of his election defeat, fabricating a slew of votes that he said should've been counted in his favor.
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‘It’s a bust’: Afternoon march for Trump canceled for lack of a permit in Dalton
Trump holds rally in Dalton after afternoon parade canceled
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More GOP lawmakers enlist in Trump effort to undo Biden win
A growing number of Republican lawmakers are joining President Donald Trump's extraordinary effort to overturn the election, pledging to reject the results when Congress meets next week to count the Electoral College votes and certify President-elect Joe Biden's win.
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Republicans Blackburn, Hagerty and Fleischmann to challenge President-elect Biden’s Electoral College certification
Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn and U.S. Sen.-elect Bill Hagerty of Tennessee on Saturday joined a Senate GOP effort to oppose certifying President-elect Joe Biden's election victory over President Donald Trump, a move also supported in the House by Republican U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann of Ooltewah.
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Loeffler, Perdue run hard-line pitch in swing state Georgia
The merchandise featured in Sen. Kelly Loeffler's online campaign store includes T-shirts and bumper stickers bearing Donald Trump's name and the message: "Still my president."
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Judge: 4,000 voters can’t be blocked based on address data
A federal judge has ruled that local election officials in one Georgia county cannot stop more than 4,000 people from voting in the state's high-stakes Senate runoffs just because they filed paperwork to change their address.
