Dr. Jaha Howard has won the Democratic runoff in Georgia's Senate District 35 special election, securing a majority of the vote and earning a seat in the state Senate.

Justice Department officials announced Thursday they also sued the District of Columbia, Illinois, and Wisconsin. “This brings the Justice Department’s nationwide total to 22,” Justice Department officials say.

The audio of a 2020 phone call between the president and former Georgia House Speaker David Ralston was released on Thursday.

During much of the 12.5-minute call, President Trump reiterated his claims that he had won Georgia, a state he lost by more than 11,000 votes that year.

Special elections were held Tuesday, Dec. 9 for State House District 121 and State House District 23. ATLANTA — Some Georgia voters went back to the polls Tuesday to vote in special elections held for two State House races.

It was Dec. 7, 2020, and President Donald Trump was on the warpath — furious at Gov. Brian Kemp, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and other Georgia Republicans who had refused his calls to overturn his narrow defeat. Now, Trump wanted to talk to Ralston.

Democrat Jaha Howard, a dentist and former Cobb County School Board member, will represent a metro Atlanta district that includes portions of Cobb and Fulton counties.

Willis, appearing before a GOP-led state Senate special committee, defended her decision to bring charges against Donald Trump and 18 alleged co-conspirators following Trump's Jan. 2, 2021, phone call in which he asked Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to " find" the votes needed to win the state.

Competitive special elections have put once-securely Republican districts in play for Democrats, who seek to inch toward controlling the Georgia House in 2026.

The Justice Department sued Fulton County, Georgia, on Friday, seeking records related to the 2020 election as efforts continue to prove President Donald Trump’s false claims that the election was stolen from him.