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>>> HAS
>>> HAS UNSEATED REPUBLICAN KELLY
LOEFFLER AND BECOMES GEORGE'S
FIRST BLACK SENATOR ELECT.
THE OTHER RACE BETWEEN SENATOR
DAVID PERDUE AND JON OSSOFF
TOO CLOSE TO CALL BUD JON
OSSOFF PULLING AHEAD.
WHAT IS NEXT?
WE ARE ADDING SOME PERSPECTIVE.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. A NATIONAL HEADLINE READS
GEORGIA IS GETTING MORE BLUE
AND THE SENATE TERESA TELLS US
HOW MUCH.
HOW MUCH.
HOW MUCH. AND FIRST INITIAL THOUGHTS
MORNING?
MORNING?
MORNING? >> I CAN'T SAY I KNEW THE
ELECTION RESULTS GOING INTO
LAST NIGHT BUT I CAN'T SAY I AM
NECESSARILY SURPRISED BY THIS.
THE FACT THAT WAS TO HAVE ONE
RACE THAT IS OUTSTANDING AND
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE WHEN THAT
HAS BEEN DECLARED FOR THE
DEMOCRATS SUGGESTS GEORGIA IS
BECOMING COMPETITIVE.
BECOMING COMPETITIVE. I WOULDN'T SAY GEORGIA IS BLUE
AFTER THIS.
AFTER THIS. GEORGIA IS CERTAINLY BECOMING
MORE COMPETITIVE.
MORE COMPETITIVE. WE CAN EXPECT MORE NAILBITING
RACES LIKE THIS IN
WILL SEE THAT REPUBLICANS WIN
SOME AND DEMOCRATS WILL WIN
SOME.
SOME.
SOME. STATEMENT GEORGIA GETTING USED
TO A LOT OF POLITICAL
ATTENTION.
ATTENTION. LET'S TALK ABOUT REVEREND
RAPHAEL WARNOCK IS WHEN.
WHAT DOES THAT SHOW YOU ABOUT
TRENDING POLITICS IN GEORGIA?
>> WE SHOULD NOTE THE HISTORIC
NATURE OF
NATURE OF
NATURE OF WARNOCK'S CANDIDACY.
WARNOCK'S CANDIDACY. THE ISSUE WASN'T NECESSARILY
FIRST AND FOREMOST AT THE FRONT
OF PEOPLE'S MINDS THOUGH, RACE
WAS ON THE SURFACE SORT OF A
DISCUSSION IN THIS CAMPAIGN.
THE FACT THAT
DEMOCRATS HAVE WON AN ELECTION
IN THE DEEP SOUTH AFTER PEOPLE
LIKE JIMMY HARRISON AND HAROLD
FORD AND MIKE ESPEY HAVE TRIED
FOR SO LONG SOTO SUGGESTS
AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE BECOMING
A POTENT POLITICAL FORCE.
CAN AMERICAN
CAN AMERICAN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CANDIDATES TO HAVE THE KEY.
>>> WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
TURNOUT.
TURNOUT.
TURNOUT. VOTERS IN GEORGIA ON BOTH SIDES
HAVE BEEN IMPRESSIVE AND HAVE
RUN AN
RUN AN
RUN AN THE RUNOFF ELECTION TURNOUT
SMASHED THE PREVIOUS RECORD.
WHAT DO YOU SEE IN TERMS OF
WHAT HAS MOTIVATED PEOPLE AND
CLEARLY THE DEMOCRATS DID A
GREAT JOB OF MOTIVATING THEIR
BASE.
BASE.
BASE. >>
BASE. >> THE BIG THING THAT MATTERED
WAS MOBILIZATION.
WAS MOBILIZATION. IF YOU ASK PEOPLE TO VOTE
DIRECTLY THEIR LIKELIHOOD OF
TURNING OUT TO VOTE INCREASES.
SOME OF THIS WENT TO
MONEY ALSO WENT TO PUTTING
PEOPLE ON DOORS AND ON PHONES
AND ON TEXT MESSAGES AND ON
EMAIL SO THEY COULD REMIND
EVERYBODY TO TURN OUT TO VOTE.
WE HAVE SEEN THE FRUIT OF WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN YOU CAN DO THAT.
>> WE HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING
VOTES MOSTLY IN DEMOCRATIC
LEANING COUNTIES.
LEANING COUNTIES. WILL THOSE BE ENOUGH TO DECLARE
A WINNER EARLIER THAN LATER IN
THE PURDUE BRACE?
DO YOU THINK THAT WILL GO TO A
RECOUNT?
RECOUNT?
RECOUNT? >> GIVEN HOW CLOSE THE RACE IS
NOW UNDER THIS ELECTION WAS
GOING TO BE CLOSE BUT I DIDN'T
EXPECT IT WOULD BE ABOUT 1300
VOTES LAST TIME I LOOKED.
I SUSPECT THAT PROBABLY WILL BE
ABLE TO GO TO AN AUTOMATIC
RECOUNT.
RECOUNT.
RECOUNT. >> WELL, WE KNOW HOW TO DO THAT
IN GEORGIA.
IN GEORGIA. WE DEFINITELY KNOW HOW TO DO A
RECOUNT.
RECOUNT.
RECOUNT. DR. GILLESPIE, I KNOW YOU
UP
UP
UP WE
UP WE APPRECIATE THE TIME THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
>>> WE WILL HAVE COMPLETE
ELECTION DAY COVERAGE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
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