Republican Governor Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams debated over issues like voting rights, health care, crime and punishment as they presented their closing arguments to voters in a rematch of their hotly disputed 2018 race for the same position.

Kemp tried to link Abrams to US President Joe Biden at every opportunity, same like Herschel Walker (Republican Senate candidate) did in his discussion with Raphael Warnock (Democratic Senator) last week, according to reports.

US polls: Why the Georgia Senate poll outcome matters for Biden and for D-Street

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Counting in final stages

Georgia officials began counting the final votes of the nation's turbulent 2020 election season on Tuesday night. The two Senate runoff elections are leftovers from the November general election, when none of the candidates hit the 50% threshold. This will mark formal finale to the heated 2020 election season more than two months after the rest of the nation finished voting.

The results also will help demonstrate whether the political coalition that fueled Biden's victory was an anti-Trump anomaly or part of a new landscape. Biden won Georgia’s 16 electoral votes by about 12,000 votes out of 5 million cast in November.

Trump's final push

Biden and Trump campaigned for their candidates in person on the eve of the election, though some Republicans feared Trump may have confused voters by continuing to make wild claims of voter fraud as he tries to undermine Biden's victory. The president has assailed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, repeatedly for rejecting his fraud contentions and raised the prospect that some ballots might not be counted even as votes were being cast Tuesday afternoon.

Democrats hope for Biden magic

Democrats counted on driving a huge turnout of African Americans, young voters, college-educated Georgians and women, all groups that helped Biden win the state. Republicans, meanwhile, have been focused on energizing their own base of white men and voters beyond the core of metro Atlanta.

A race to control Senate

The results of Georgia poll will determine control of the U.S. Senate and, in turn, the fate of President-elect Joe Biden’s legislative agenda. Democrats need to win both races to seize the Senate majority — and, with it, control of the new Congress when Biden takes office in two weeks. The Republicans now have a 52-48 majority and a loss in both seats will hand control over to Democrats as vice-president Kamala Harris as the Senate’s presiding officer will have the casting vote in case of a tie.

Win crucial for Biden

If Republicans win either seat, Biden would be the first incoming president in more than a century to enter the Oval Office facing a divided Congress. In that case, he would have little shot for swift votes on his most ambitious plans to expand government-backed health care coverage, address racial inequality and combat climate change. A Republican-controlled Senate also would create a rougher path to confirmation for Biden's Cabinet picks and judicial nominees.

Last week, First Lady Jill Biden went to a fundraiser for Abrams and blasted Kemp for his views on abortion, Medical aid expansion, and voting rights.

Kemp tries to dismiss criticism of the contraceptive restriction.

Kemp was questioned early in the evening on comments he made at a tailgate with University of Georgia College Republicans that were recorded without his knowledge and in which he suggested some openness to a movement to outlaw contraceptive medications.

Kemp responded that he would not and added that it’s not his objective to advance additional abortion restrictions when asked if he would seek such legislation if re-elected. Kemp then turned the conversation to Biden, the Democratic Party at large, and further discussion of his economic record.

When Abrams said that Kemp and his associates had unfairly sought to suppress the vote.

FAQs

Q1. What are the four main takeaways from this debate?
The Biden-Abrams agenda, contraception bans, Abram’s endorsers, and non-concession speech were the four main takeaways from the debate.

Q2. Was Trump also a part of this debate?
Yes, Trump was a topic of conversation in this debate.

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