CUMMING, Georgia — Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue’s brush with the coronavirus couldn’t have come at a more inconvenient time.

Perdue, 71, has been quarantining with his wife Bonnie since Thursday after a member of his team tested positive for COVID-19. The move has taken him off the campaign trail less than a week before his Tuesday runoff against Democratic filmmaker Jon Ossoff. And it’s one of two Georgia races to be decided on Jan. 5 that will determine the Senate’s balance of power during the next Congress.

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