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Officials have counted about 75 per cent of the votes in Georgia s Senate run-off election on Tuesday night after polls closed in two critical races that will determine control of the US Senate and, in turn, the fate of president-elect Joe Biden’s legislative agenda.
The two Senate run-off elections are leftovers from the November general election when none of the candidates reached the 50 per cent threshold. Democrats need to win both races to seize the Senate majority and, with it, control of the new Congress when Mr Biden takes office in two weeks.
According to the most recent tally, Republicans were ahead with 49 per cent to the Democrat s vote share of 48 per cent. However, votes in the Atlanta suburbs were reportedly still being counted, areas that traditionally lean towards the Democrats.
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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 Loeffler and the Republican running for the other seat, David Perdue.
Warnock said Wednesday he hadn’t yet heard from Loeffler but told CBS “This Morning,” “I’m hearing from the people of Georgia. People are feeling a sense of hope this morning.”
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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.