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In a week of wrenching emotions in America, things started out with joy for Black pastors in the area, who saw one of their own win a historic election in Georgia.
The Rev. Drew Kyndall Ross of Hackensack was glued to his television set late Tuesday and into Wednesday. He was tracking the tight U.S. Senate race and eventual victory for the Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat who became Georgia s first Black senator. This was a big win that made me appreciate the strength of our democracy, an exuberant Ross, senior pastor at New Hope Baptist Church, said Wednesday morning. He is an educated Black man we can all be proud of.