With most of Georgia's votes counted in the Jan. 5 runoffs that will decide control of the U.S. Senate, Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are leading the Republican incumbents above the .5% margin for a recount, according to unofficial election results.
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Democrats inch closer to retaking the U.S. Senate as Warnock declared the winner in Georgia runoff and Ossoff pulls ahead
Marquise Francis, Jay Busbee & David Knowles
January 5, 2021, 10:35 PM
ATLANTA Democrats were on the verge of taking control of the U.S. Senate early Wednesday morning after Raphael Warnock was declared the winner in his Georgia runoff election with GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler, and Jon Ossoff pulled into the lead in his race with Republican Sen. David Perdue.
An African American pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church the Atlanta church made famous by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Warnock was declared the winner by the Associated Press with just over 97 percent of the votes counted. He delivered a victory speech shortly after 11:30 p.m. in a videotaped message delivered from his home in Atlanta.
Democrats took control of the U.S. Senate and both chambers of Congress Wednesday after Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock were projected to win their runoff races in Georgia.