Warnock makes history in Georgia as makeup of U.S. Senate hangs in balance
Democrat Raphael Warnock has won 1 of Georgia’s 2 Senate runoffs, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history and putting the Senate majority within the party s reach.
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President-elect Joe Biden campaigns in Atlanta, Monday for Senate candidates Raphael Warnock, left, and Jon Ossoff. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
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 reach.
Published Tuesday, January 5, 2021 10:23AM EST Last Updated Wednesday, January 6, 2021 9:38AM EST 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 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 the state s Republican candidates. In an emotional address early Wednesday, he vowed to work for all Georgians whether they voted for him or not, citing his personal experience with the American dream. His mother, he said, used to pick “somebody else s cotton” as a teenager.
Raphael Warnock makes history with Senate win as Democrats near majority
Warnock defeats Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler
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Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock elbow bumps with President-elect Joe Biden during a campaign rally in Atlanta, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, as Biden campaigns for Senate candidates Warnock and Jon Ossoff. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
ATLANTA – Democrats won both Georgia Senate seats and with them, the U.S. Senate majority 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 Biden’s progressive agenda.