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Voters not turning out for Georgia Senate race
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ATLANTA — A relatively small slice of the electorate will participate in Republican primaries in Georgia and Kentucky, despite international attention and eye-popping sums of money heaped on races that will help determine which party controls the Senate during the final two years of President Barack Obama's tenure. Candidates are making multiple campaign stops urging voters in both states to defy forecasts of abysmal participation in Tuesday's elections. Turnout in primaries across the nation is notoriously low, but the dynamic stands out in a midterm election year defined by widespread antipathy toward the president and all of Congress.
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