AJC Senate Watch
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AJC SENATE WATCH: Candidates’ claims checked before Jan. 5 runoffs

AJC Senate Watch: Checking candidates’ claims, answering readers’ questions

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AJC Senate Watch: Checking candidates’ claims, answering readers’ questions
Jan 2, 2021

AJC Senate Watch is a feature to help readers sort through claims being made by candidates in the Senate runoff election in Georgia on Jan. 5.

We’re looking closely at what the candidates and campaigns are saying about their opponents and pointing out the facts and distortions. Readers also shared campaign claims for us to check out. To revisit our coverage from what was said by the campaigns of U.S. Sen. David Perdue and U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler and their Democratic rivals Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock, check out https://www.ajc.com/politics/senate-watch/.

Our video series AJC In Context also takes a look at this special election feature. Tap or click here to view.

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