Morning Digest: Why Georgia Democrats are fretting a special election next week
Morning Digest: Why Georgia Democrats are fretting a special election next week The GOP has flipped zero legislative seats in Trump 2.0, but that could soon change David Nir and Jeff Singer Jun 12 Democrat Adrienne White is defending a vacant seat in the Georgia State Senate. (Credit: Adrienne White Facebook) Leading Off Special Elections Georgia Democrats are warning that Republicans could flip a state Senate seat in a special election on Tuesday, an outcome that would leave Democrats down a member heading into a crucial special session devoted to redistricting that begins the very next day. “In a district that would normally be an easy win for Democrats, Republican voters are vastly outpacing Democratic voters in the first three days,” former state Rep. Beth Moore told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution of the early voting numbers in the race for the 7th Senate District, based in Gwinnett County outside Atlanta. The problem is one of timing. As Moore alluded, Democrat Ad...