Jon Ossoff wins US Senate seat for Georgia, giving Democrats control of the chamber
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Democratic U.S. Senate challenger Jon Ossoff speaks to the media at Dunbar Neighborhood Center during Georgia's Senate runoff elections, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Atlanta, Ga. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)
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Scripps National
and last updated 2021-01-06 16:27:46-05
ATLANTA, Ga. â Jon Ossoff has won his Senate runoff election in Georgia, The Associated Press projects.
The victory brings to Senate to 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans, with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris breaking ties in favor of the Democratic Party.
On Tuesday night, the Associated Press declared Rev. Raphael Warnock the winner in the other Senate race over Sen. Kelly Loeffler. That race was a special election to determine who would finish out the remaining two years of Sen. Johnny Isakson's term, who retired in 2019.