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At first, yesterday seemed like a beacon of hope. The grassroots momentum that started off as a quiet rumble demanding change had grown into the roar of getting it done. It was no small feat to unseat Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. Multicultural coalitions, helmed by Black organizers and including AAPI and Latinx leaders, showed what is possible when you fight voter suppression and invest in bridging communities instead of dividing them.
The labor of love from organizations like Fair Fight Action, New Georgia Project, and so many others just gave President-elect Joe Biden the best conditions he could have hoped for: a fighting chance in the Senate and congressional control should the Democrats remain aligned. This is monumental, and we aren’t the only ones who realized that. So it was no surprise to anyone who is a student of history when a group of white people mostly, but not exclusively, men, and some armed
Warnock and Ossoff victories end GOP control of the Senate
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Perhaps the sweetest element of that victory is that it was the work of a ten-year-long movement led by Stacey Abrams and many other Black women in Georgia that resulted in making Raphael Warnock the first-ever African American to be sent by Georgians to the U.S. Senate.
Jon Ossoff, left, and Raphael Warnock wave to the crowd during a campaign rally in Augusta, Ga., Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Democrats Ossoff and Warnock challenged incumbent Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in a runoff election on Jan. 5. | Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP
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Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff appear together at a campaign rally in Augusta, Ga., Jan. 4, 2021, ahead of the U.S. Senate runoff election. (Credit: Mike Segar/Reuters, via CNS.)
In the midst of pandemonium at the nation’s capital Wednesday, Democrats won both Georgia runoff elections to give the party control of Congress and the White House for the first time since 2011.
NEW YORK In the midst of pandemonium at the nation’s capital Wednesday, Democrats won both Georgia runoff elections to give the party control of Congress and the White House for the first time since 2011.
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