Warnock, Ossoff win in Georgia, handing Dems Senate control By STEVE PEOPLES, BILL BARROW and RUSS BYNUM | January 6, 2021 at 6:37 AM CST - Updated January 7 at 4:13 AM
ATLANTA (AP) â Democrats won both Georgia Senate seats â and with them, the U.S. Senate majority â as final votes were counted Wednesday, serving President Donald Trump a stunning defeat in his turbulent final days in office while dramatically improving the fate of President-elect Joe Bidenâs progressive agenda.
Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, Democratic challengers who represented the diversity of their partyâs evolving coalition, defeated Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler two months after Biden became the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state since 1992.
Jan 6, 2021 8:01 AM EDT
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.
The focus now shifts to the second race between Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff. The candidates were locked in a tight race and it was too early to call a winner. Under Georgia law, a trailing candidate may request a recount when the margin of an election is less than or equal to 0.5 percentage points.
ATLANTA — 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 . . .
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