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homepageContents_authText">News Authority Since 1933</span> </h1> <hr class="hr-dark"/> <div class="mod-b sep mod-sponsored-homepageMain"> <div class="sep-generous mod-b_item"> <h1 class="h-biggest h-tight h-slacker"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20141018125251/http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/10/17/georgias-on-their-mind-in-battle-for-senate">Georgia's on Their Minds </a> </h1> <div class="media"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20141018125251/http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/10/17/georgias-on-their-mind-in-battle-for-senate"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20141018125251im_/http://www.usnews.com/dims4/USNEWS/b251d22/2147483647/thumbnail/395x265%3E/quality/85/?url=%2Fcmsmedia%2F2a%2F70%2F5db930224af8b41fff042e3ceef7%2Fresizes%2F500%2Fnunn-perdue.jpg" width="395" height="265" class="img span span5 t-slack" alt="Left, Republican Senate nominee David Perdue speaks with the media after a candidates forum with Democratic nominee Michelle Nunn on Aug. 21, 2014, in 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