GOP doubts about Georgia and North Carolina have Republicans shifting focus in battle for Senate

With five weeks until the midterm elections, Republicans are shifting their focus to defense as their prospects in Georgia and North Carolina Senate races decline.
Republicans haven’t abandoned the Southern battlegrounds, which Donald Trump carried narrowly in the 2024 presidential race, though they’re shifting greater resources to states they see as more competitive.
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