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Warnock Wins, Ossoff-Perdue Race Too Close To Call
ATLANTA Raphael Warnock appears to be making history as Georgia’s first elected black U.S. Senator. He addressed his supporters in a video message overnight.
“We were told we couldn’t win this election,” Warnock said. “But tonight we proved that with hope, hard work, and the people by our side anything is possible.”
Democrat Warnock is projected to win a tight race against incumbent Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler.
In addition to being the state’s first black senator, Warnock would be the first Democrat to win a Senate seat there in two decades.
Raphael Warnock May Become 11th Black Senator in Georgia Cliffhanger Shaped by Trump
On 1/6/21 at 12:31 AM EST
Democrat Reverend Raphael Warnock, a first-time political candidate, is currently poised to defeat incumbent Republican Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler in Georgia s special election.
Warnock and Loeffler went head to head in the special election after neither candidate obtained over 50 percent of the vote in the November election. Both President-elect Joe Biden and President Donald Trump campaigned for their party s candidates in the days leading up to the election. Trump has criticized the election process in Georgia, baselessly claiming that widespread voter fraud in the state helped Biden win.
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Democratic candidates for Senate Jon Ossoff (left) and Raphael Warnock (right) bump elbows during a 4 January rally with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden in Atlanta. JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images
Power shift in Senate could bring major changes in U.S. science and climate policy
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Democrats are on the cusp of retaking the U.S. Senate after runoff elections in Georgia, an outcome with potentially momentous implications for science and climate policy.
Democratic control would likely make it easier for President-elect Joe Biden to win Senate confirmation of his appointees, for Congress to revoke controversial rules finalized in the past months of President Donald Trump’s administration, and for lawmakers to pass new legislation aimed at curbing climate change and boosting federal research investments.
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Democratic US Senate candidate Raphael Warnock speaks to labor organisers and the media outside a labor union s offices in Atlanta, Georgia, US January 5, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
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Newsmax late on Tuesday projected that Democrat Raphael Warnock had won one of two US Senate seats in the state of Georgia in a nail biter of an election that other news channels said was too close to call.
Newsmax called the race for Warnock over Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler “in consultation” with Decision Desk HQ, a company that provides voter data to news organisations, anchor Rob Schmitt said around 11:20 PM EST (0420 GMT). A second race between Republican Senator David Perdue and Jon Ossoff remained too close to call, Schmitt said.