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Action News Now is still tracking two Georgia run-off races for the U.S. Senate. Reverend Raphael Warnock is the projected winner of one of those Senate races. But the second race between incumbent Republican Senator David Purdue and Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff is still too close to call. We could see a projected winner at some point Wednesday.
The house and senate will meet at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. A joint session of congress will count the electoral college votes and officially declare the results of the 2020 presidential election. Dozens of republicans allied with President Trump are pledging to challenge that count. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell urged his colleagues not to object.
(JTA) â This year we celebrated Passover early, on a Sunday a few days before St. Patrickâs Day. My adult children will disperse before the official holiday, but with the darkest days of the pandemic behind us, we have much to celebrate.
Georgia secretary of state relocated from Capitol for security reasons
From CNN’s Amara Walker and Jason Morris
The Georgia State Capitol is seen on January 6 in Atlanta. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Gabriel Sterling, and other staffers from their office have been relocated from the Georgia State Capitol building for security reasons, Sterling told CNN.
Sterling, the state s voting implementation manager, said Raffensperger and some of his staff were escorted from their offices with their usual security detail at around 1:30 p.m. ET out of an abundance of caution.
Sterling said that this was not a reaction to the breach at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, but rather a proactive move.
Georgia Makes Black and Jewish History
(JTA) Georgia appears poised to send a Jew and an African American to the U.S. Senate for the first time and to shift control of the Senate to Democrats at a pivotal moment.
Raphael Warnock, the senior pastor at the Atlanta church made famous by Martin Luther King, was declared the winner of his race early Thursday morning, beating out Kelly Loeffler. Jon Ossoff, a 33-year-old Jewish documentarian who was mentored by the late civil rights icon John Lewis, held a narrow lead over incumbent David Purdue.
Hanging in the balance is the Senate and the possibility of President-elect Joe Biden, a Democrat, helming a one-party government: If Ossoff and Warnock both win, the Senate will be split 50-50 and the tie-breaking vote will go to Vice President Kamala Harris. Democrats control the U.S. House of Representatives.