Pence goes down to Georgia as Republicans stir turnout in battleground Senate races

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrives to a Senate republican luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Mike Pence will jump into the fray of two red-hot U.S. Senate campaigns in Georgia on Friday, aiming to get Republican voters to turn out in force for a Jan. 5 runoff election battle that will decide Senate control.

With President Donald Trump contesting President-elect Joe Biden's victory, Pence is scheduled to make campaign stops in Canton and Gainesville, Republican areas where Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler will need strong turnout to defeat Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.