Warnock makes history with Senate win as Dems near majority
By STEVE PEOPLES, BILL BARROW and RUSS BYNUMJanuary 5, 2021 GMT
ATLANTA (AP) Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history and putting the Senate majority within the party’s reach.
A pastor who spent the past 15 years leading the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached, Warnock defeated Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler. It was a stinging rebuke of outgoing President Donald Trump, who made one of his final trips in office to Georgia to rally his loyal base behind Loeffler and the Republican running for the other seat, David Perdue.
ATLANTA (AP) Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history and putting the Senate majority within the party's reach. A pastor who spent the past 15 years leading the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached, Warnock defeated Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler. It was a stinging rebuke of outgoing President Donald Trump, who made one of his final.
Democrat Raphael Warnock has won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history and putting the Senate majority within the party's reach.
Crucial Georgia races too close to call as US Senate control hangs in balance
With about 95 per cent of the votes counted both races were on a knife edge, within a wafer-thin margin of about one per cent
Two crucial US Senate races were too close to call as momentum shifted through the night between the Republican and Democrat candidates.
Control of the Senate hung in the balance as Democrats needed to win both contests to gain control.
No Democrat has won a US Senate race in Georgia in 20 years.
But with the proportion of estimated votes counted at 97 per cent both races were on a knife edge, within a wafer-thin margin of less than one per cent.