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Kelly Loeffler
2020 elections
Aug. 7, 2020
Georgia NAACP Head Asks Matt Lieberman to Drop Senate Bid
Lieberman’s self-published 2018 novel is allegedly loaded with “racist tropes.”
By
Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
July 14, 2020
Control of the U.S. Senate May Not Be Decided Until January in Georgia
There’s a nontrivial chance that there may be one or even two general-election runoffs for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seats on January 5.
By
Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
July 7, 2020
Loeffler Attacks WNBA for Honoring Black Lives Matter
The endangered Georgia Republican senator triangulated against the league and the team she partly owns.
By
Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
July 7, 2020
Ranks of Republican Women in Senate Could Be Decimated in November
As many as four of the GOP’s nine women in the Senate could lose, and a fifth is a prospect for a party switch.
By
Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
June 28, 2020
Biden’s Surge Could Flip the Senate — and Boost His Presidency
A rising tide from the top of the ticket may lift Democrats to control of the Senate, which would make a successful Biden administration more likely.
By
Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
June 11, 2020
Jon Ossoff Wins Senate Primary in Georgia
The 2017 wunderkind is back, having won a Senate primary without a runoff. He’s part of the most promising Georgia Democratic ticket of this century.
By
Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
May 19, 2020
Jon Ossoff’s Back, and Other News From Battleground Georgia
The fundraising champ of 2017 is back for a Senate run in a state with more competitive contests than you can count.
By
Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
May 1, 2020
Georgia Is Looking Like Trouble for Republicans in November
Neither Trump nor Brian Kemp is getting rave reviews for handling COVID-19, and the Loeffler-Collins grudge match is dividing the GOP.
By
Ed Kilgore
coronavirus
Apr. 23, 2020
Trump Throws Brian Kemp Under the Bus on Business Reopenings
The Georgia governor thought he was following the president’s wishes by quickly reopening Georgia businesses. But Trump zigged when Kemp zagged.
By
Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Apr. 17, 2020
Will the GOP’s Red Scare Tactics Work During the Pandemic?
It’s hard to scream about socialism when your opponent is Joe Biden and you are spending trillions of dollars to prop up the economy.
By
Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
Apr. 16, 2020
Kelly Loeffler’s Money Is Her Biggest Problem and Her Only Hope
The appointed senator has had months of bad publicity over unsavory stock deals, plus intraparty opposition perhaps backed by Trump.
By
Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
Apr. 1, 2020
Republican Women in Congress Will Remain a Small Band in 2021
The small ranks of Republican women in the Senate could fall in 2020, and probably won’t rise above the current 13 members in the House.
By
Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
Apr. 1, 2020
More Insider Trading Suspicions Follow Vulnerable Georgia Senator
Kelly Loeffler’s wealth is her main political asset, but has become a handicap as she faces accusations of profiting from the pandemic.
By
Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
Mar. 31, 2020
Coronavirus-Scarred 2020 Congressional Landscape Leaning Democratic
The Senate landscape is looking slightly bluer, and COVID-19 has frozen House races in ways that will make a Republican takeover more difficult.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Mar. 20, 2020
GOP Senators Dumped Stock Before Coronavirus Hit, Without Warning the Country
When senators tell their stockbrokers what they’re not willing to tell the public.
By
Jonathan Chait
coronavirus
Mar. 20, 2020
Two GOP Senators Dumped Millions in Stock After Coronavirus Briefings: Report
At least two Republicans sold millions in stock following closed-door coronavirus meetings — after which they told the public not to panic.
By
Matt Stieb
2020 elections
Jan. 29, 2020
Trump Pit Bull Doug Collins Jumps Into the Georgia Senate Race, Dividing the GOP
Appointed GOP senator Kelly Loeffler has a 2020 opponent who is manifestly Trumpier than she is.
By
Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Jan. 27, 2020
For Republican Senators, Fealty to Trump Is the Only Law
Appointed Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler shivs her old friend Mitt Romney in the name of the president over his call to hear John Bolton’s testimony.
By
Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Jan. 9, 2020
House Republicans Want to Add Some Crazy to Trump Trial Defense
McConnell is struggling to keep Trump’s acquittal minimally dignified, but his president and allies in the House have other ideas.
By
Ed Kilgore
senate
Dec. 2, 2019
Georgia Governor Will Defy Trump, Appoint ‘RINO’ Senator
Brian Kemp will tap executive Kelly Loeffler over Trump-approved Doug Collins, raising the possibility of a contentious future primary.
By
Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
Nov. 26, 2019
After Meeting, Trump and Georgia Governor Still at Odds on Senate Pick
At this point, neither the president nor Brian Kemp is backing down on their favorites for the vacant spot.
By
Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
Nov. 22, 2019
Trump and Kemp Butt Heads Over Georgia Senate Appointment
Trump wants his impeachment pit bull Doug Collins in the Senate, but Brian Kemp wants someone — perhaps a woman — who can do well in the suburbs.
By
Ed Kilgore