Emma Hurt

The president's push to overturn the election is turning GOP voters against Republican state leaders in Georgia, just before close runoff elections that could have lasting national implications.

President Trump's pressure campaign against officials in Georgia has caused a major rift within the Republican party. It could have major implications if the Senate runoffs don't go the GOP's way.

The Republican incumbents are baselessly casting doubt on the state's voting system. Some in the GOP worry their words could depress voter turnout and cost the party two Senate seats.

Control of the Senate is on the line in January's runoff elections in Georgia. And Republican infighting about how the November election was conducted may hurt the party's chances.

The 2020 election will actually end in 2021. That's when two U.S. Senate seats in Georgia will be decided by runoff elections that will determine which party controls the chamber.

Georgia is one of the states that is too close to call in the presidential election. Trump won the state in 2016 by a margin of a little more than 5%. There are also crucial Senate races in the state.

Millions of dollars are flowing into state legislative races. Redistricting and the coronavirus are expected to be top of the policy agenda in 2021 and party control could mean everything.

Republicans spent about a million dollars in a state House race to flip control in their favor. It's symbolic of the big fundraising efforts for state legislative control before 2021 redistricting.

One of Georgia's two U.S. Senate races this year is close as Sen. David Perdue's ties with President Trump may be hurting his campaign in the increasingly diverse state.

Emma Hurt of NPR member station WABE joins Scott Simon to discuss how voters in Georgia are feeling ahead of Election Day.