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After passing Walker on Election Day, Warnock narrowly improved his statewide margins in the runoff. He was encouraged by strong enough turnout in the Atlanta area, particularly among black voters. And he built up an advantage with early and mail-in voting that Republicans simply couldn't grasp, an issue the GOP is belatedly addressing after its disappointing midterm elections. Here are the numbers that explain how the incumbent Democrat did it. More than 320,000 votes: Warnock's advantage of the mail and early voting Georgia's runoff results once again highlighted the recent partisan polarization of voting methods. Since 2020, Republican leaders, including…

cartoon carousel Every week, political cartoonists from across the country and across the political spectrum apply their inky skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies, and other shocking events in the world of politics. The fruits of this labor are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and infuriate readers of all political persuasions. Here's a deal on the best of this week's crop, fresh from the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker. By POLITICAL STAFF 09/12/2022 04:30amEST

Biden's authorization to release Bout, the Russian criminal once nicknamed "the merchant of death," underscored the great urgency his administration faced in bringing Griner home, particularly after the recent resolution of his criminal case on charges of drugs and his subsequent transfer to a prison. Suburb. Griner was seen getting off a plane that landed Friday at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas. The athlete, who also played professional basketball in Russia, was arrested at an airport there in February after Russian authorities said she was carrying vape canisters filled with cannabis oil. Prior to her conviction, the US State…

Trump's recent decline has emboldened his would-be competitors. Disappointing results for Republicans in the 2022 midterms have sparked an outburst of right-wing interest in electability. Now, Sununu is trying to define himself not just against Trump, but against many of the right-wing haunts he sees as political underdogs. On this week's episode of Playbook Deep Dive, Playbook host and co-author Ryan Lizza went to the state house in Concord, NH, where Sununu was set to discuss the politics of the 2024 presidential primary in a way he wouldn't. has done it recently.