Updated Jan 06, 2021 | 19:41 IST
Control over the Senate will come as a huge boost for the Democrat president-elect as he seeks to push through key legislation on which he campaigned. Georgia s election workers check-in, sort, and signature verify absentee ballots for the state s U.S. Senate runoff elections. | Photo Credit: AP
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With Warnock bagging his seat earlier today, a win for Ossoff, a documentary film executive and former Congressional staffer, will see the political divide in the US Senate perfectly balanced
However, this is likely to ultimately favour the Democrats since a 50/50 Senate split will come down to the vote of Kamala Harris, the vice-president-elect
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Jon Ossoff introduces then US President-elect Joe Biden in Atlanta, January 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff has won his Senate runoff election.
His victory gives Democrats control of the Senate for the opening of Democrat Joe Biden’s presidency. Democrats needed to win both of Georgia’s Senate runoff elections on Tuesday to claim the Senate majority.
The 33-year-old Ossoff defeats 71-year-old Republican David Perdue, who held the seat for the past six years and had the strong support of President Donald Trump.
Trump had called on Georgia Republicans to swarm to the polls for the Republican Senate candidates even as he warned, without evidence, of the prospect of widespread voter fraud.
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