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listening. Here you go. Folks in Georgia are heading out to vote in a Senate runoff election.

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it's Tuesday, December 6th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

The election in Georgia that we're talking about today is between Democratic and

incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker. Neither got 50% of the votes in

November, which triggered the runoff. They gave a final push on the campaign trail yesterday

with Walker digging into his past as a football player. I'm not going to sleep tonight because before

a big game, I don't sleep because I'm red, so I want y'all to get ready. I love the state.

I was born in this state. I was raised in this state. I was educated in this state.

And I actually live in this state. I love Georgia.

Both parties say that the race will come down to turnout. Pose are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Eastern time. We'll have live results at Washington Post dot com. Democrats are ready to control the

Senate, but another seat would give them more leverage. And experts are going to be watching the

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