Voters are heading to the polls on Tuesday in the Georgia Senate runoff elections. Polls open at 7 a.m. Filmmaker Jon Ossoff is trying to grab the seat that was held by David Perdue until Sunday, when his term expired. Perdue beat Ossoff in the general election by over 88,000 votes, but fell just short of avoiding a runoff. Perdue had 49.7 percent of the vote, compared to Ossoff’s 47.9 percent. Perdue, 71, a businessman, was a political neophyte before he was elected in 2015. Ossoff, 33, tried but failed to get elected to the House of Representatives in 2017. In the other runoff, Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) is facing pastor Raphael Warnock. They emerged from a so-called jungle election last year to finish the term of Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), who retired due to health reasons. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, appointed Loeffler to temporarily fill the seat …
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