With Senate wins, Warnock and Ossoff illustrate the changing face of Georgia
By Victoria McGrane Globe Staff,Updated January 14, 2021, 7:17 p.m.
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Democrats Raphael Warnock (right) and Jon Ossoff bumped elbows during a rally in December.Jessica McGowan/Getty
Throughout their high-stakes campaign for Georgiaâs twin Senate runoff elections, the two Democrats made an unlikely pair: One, a Black pastor who grew up in public housing, the other a slim-suited millennial and investigative journalist known mostly for having narrowly lost an audacious bid for Newt Gingrichâs old congressional seat.
But when each found himself facing a Jan. 5 runoff that would determine the balance of power in the Senate, Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff threw in together and campaigned as running mates.
Raphael Warnock's roots showed little promise of a future that led to the US Senate . He grew up in Savannah in the Kayton Homes public housing project, the second youngest of 12 children. His mother. Politics News Summaries. | Newser
By RUSS BYNUM
Associated Press
SAVANNAH, Ga. The Rev. Raphael Warnock s roots showed little promise of a future that led to the U.S. Senate.
He grew up in Savannah in the Kayton Homes public housing project, the second youngest of 12 children. His mother as a teenager had worked as a sharecropper picking cotton and tobacco. His father was a preacher who also made money hauling old cars to a local scrapyard.