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Voters Test Senate Map and D.C. Races
Voters in Georgia, Oklahoma, and D.C. vote as primaries test Senate power and D.C. leadership
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Voters in Georgia, Oklahoma, and Washington, D.C. cast ballots in primaries that test Trump's GOP influence, Georgia's Senate map, and D.C.'s first mayor-delegate transition in a generation.
- Frame 1Voters in Georgia, Oklahoma, and D.C. vote as primaries test Senate power and D.C. leadership.
- Frame 2Trump endorsed Mike Collins in Georgia's Republican runoff after Collins led Derek Dooley by 10 points in May.
- Frame 3The runoff winner faces Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Democrat defending a state Trump won in 2024.
- Frame 4Republicans hold a 53-47 Senate edge, with Georgia and Michigan named as prime pickup states.
- Frame 5D.C. Democrats chose new mayoral and delegate nominees as Bowser and Norton prepared to leave.
- Frame 6First-time ranked-choice voting could keep D.C. campaigns waiting beyond election night for the ballot count.
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- Jun 16, 1:19 PM EDT
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