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Black, Latino candidates dominate fourth quarter’s top fundraisers

WASHINGTON — Six of the 10 congressional candidates who raised the most money during the final quarter of 2021 were Black or Latino, a result of diversity in pivotal races and a shift in the focus and strategy of political fundraising overall, a CQ Roll Call analysis found.

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Black, Latino candidates dominate fourth quarter’s top fundraisers - Roll Call

Black and Latino candidates in some of the most high-profile races dominated the list of top fundraisers in 2022's fourth quarter.

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Warnock to Georgians in debut 2022 ad: 'I see you, I hear you, I am you'

ATLANTA — U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock's first TV ad aims to connect with apprehensive Georgia voters with a concise message: "I see you, I hear you, I am you."

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U.S. Senate candidates who’ve raised the most so far

The most recent campaign finance reports for federal candidates were due Jan. 31. Georgia’s Raphael Warnock (D) has raised the most of all U.S. Senate candidates this cycle at $54 million. Warnock defeated incumbent Kelly Loeffler (R) in the special Senate election on Jan. 5, 2021.

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Biden's sagging approval could haunt Georgia Democrats

ATLANTA — President Joe Biden's honeymoon in Georgia is over, and that could have disastrous implications for Democrats scrambling to hang on to a U.S. Senate seat and win the governor's race for the first time in almost a quarter century.

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Battle for Warnock’s seat at center of US Senate power struggle once again

WASHINGTON — A year after Georgia voters sent Baptist minister Raphael Warnock to Washington, the national spotlight is back on the lawmaker, whose reelection bid could determine whether Democrats maintain control of the U.S. Senate for the remainder of President Joe Biden’s first term.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Sen. Raphael Warnock, challenger Herschel Walker report fundraising figures in Georgia Senate race

ATLANTA — Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock raised more than $9.8 million in the last three months of 2021 and will end the quarter with roughly $23 million in cash on hand for a reelection battle that could decide control of the U.S. Senate.

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Herschel Walker raises another $5.4M for Senate bid

ATLANTA —Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker raised more than $5.4 million in the final three months of last year, a sum his campaign predicted would be among the largest in the nation for a challenger.

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‘Backroom deals’ reshape Democratic races in Georgia

ATLANTA — A spate of decisions by Georgia Democratic candidates has reshaped races for key statewide offices as senior officials try to exploit Republican infighting and avoid their own damaging internal warfare.

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‘This is a moral moment’: Warnock tells senators ‘history is watching us’ as voting rights bill collapses

‘We have been summoned here by history’

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Republicans block voting rights protections from advancing – as it happened

Chamber expected to reject Democrats’ voting rights bill – follow the latest

The Guardian - US

Voting rights take center stage at annual MLK memorial service

ATLANTA — Vice President Kamala Harris, Georgia’s first Black U.S. senator and the youngest daughter of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. each made passionate calls on Monday for passage of new federal voting rights laws at the annual remembrance for the slain civil rights leader, warning democracy hangs…

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Georgia Senate campaigns have raised between $86 million and $140 million each. Average fundraising to win a US Senate seat is $8 million.

Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock each led their Republican opponents, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, by $54 million and $33 million as of mid-December.

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