For The Birmingham TimesÂ
âThe 82-year-old hands that used to pick someone elseâs cotton went to the polls and picked her youngest son to be a United States Senatorâ –
The Reverend Raphael Warnock, on his mother.
Last week, Democrats Jon Ossoff and The Reverend Raphael Warnock narrowly defeated Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler on Tuesday, January 5 to create a Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate and a Democratic Trifecta on the federal level, meaning they will have control of the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Presidency, for the first time in a decade.
 When each Senator-elect is seated, the Senate will be deadlocked in a 50-50 tie, with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in position to cast the deciding vote on key legislation for the next two years.Â