Georgia's Runoff Ends. Doomed Electoral College Certification Fight Begins.

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🗓️ 5 January 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Voters cast the final ballots in Georgia's Senate runoff elections Tuesday, ending the state's two months at the center of the political universe.

Now, attention shifts back to Washington, where many Republican lawmakers will take a theatrical, if ill-fated, stand against certifying President-elect Joe Biden as president-elect.

This episode: political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben, national correspondent Sarah McCammon, congressional reporter Claudia Grisales, and senior political editor and correspondent Ron Elving.

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0:00.0	This is Tre and Cleveland, Ohio, and I got an email over the holidays that I listened
0:04.5	to 40,374 minutes of content on the NPR1 app.
0:09.2	This puts me in the top 2% of the NPR Politics Podcast listeners.
0:14.1	This specific podcast was recorded at 2.12pm on January 5th, 2021.
0:19.9	Things may have changed by the time you hear it, but I will probably still be listening
0:23.5	to NPR.
0:24.9	Enjoy the show!
0:28.7	I swear we did not pay him to say that everyone.
0:31.9	Amazing winner, gold medal!
0:34.1	I know!
0:35.1	Alright, hey there.
0:36.4	It is the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:38.4	I'm Danielle Kertzleben.
0:39.4	I cover politics.
0:40.4	I'm Claudigh Rieselis.
0:41.4	I cover Congress.
0:43.4	It is the last day of voting in Georgia with 2 runoff elections for Senate seats.
0:48.8	One between Democrat John Asuf and Republican David Perdue, the other between Democrat
0:53.4	Raphael Warnock and Republican Kelly Leffler.
0:56.6	As we've been saying on this podcast are enormously important races.
1:00.0	They will determine the balance of power in the Senate chamber, which means huge implications
1:04.6	for how much of his agenda President Delect Joe Biden might be able to enact.
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