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What just happened? Unpacking Georgia’s election results

Raphael Warnock and Brian Kemp

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Raphael Warnock and Brian Kemp
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Nov 9, 2022

Politically Georgia hosts Greg Bluestein and Patricia Murphy offer fresh analysis of the results of Georgia’s midterm elections and cast ahead to what appears will be a U.S. Senate runoff.

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About the Authors

Greg Bluestein is the Atlanta Journal Constitution's chief political reporter. He is also an author, TV analyst and co-host of the Politically Georgia podcast.

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Patricia Murphy is the AJC's senior political columnist. She was previously a nationally syndicated columnist for CQ Roll Call, national political reporter for the Daily Beast and Politics Daily, and wrote for The Washington Post and Garden & Gun. She graduated from Vanderbilt and holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.

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