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Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock has won a US Senate seat in Georgia, beating Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler in one of the state’s pivotal January 5 runoff elections.
The race was called by Vox’s elections partner Decision Desk at 11:13 pm ET.
Decision Desk HQ Projects @ReverendWarnock (D) has won the Georgia Special Senate Runoff Election
Race Called: 11:13PM EST 01.05.21
Warnock’s win is historic; he’s the first Black senator to be elected in Georgia, which fought on the side of the Confederacy in the American Civil War. Warnock is the 11th Black person ever to serve in the Senate, and he will be one of just three Black senators in the current Congress, along with Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Tim Scott (R-SC).
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Ugh. Decision Desk is projecting that Raphael Warnock has indeed beaten Kelly Loeffler and won her Senate seat: Decision Desk HQ Projects @ReverendWarnock (D) has won the Georgia Special Senate Runoff Election…
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Obama said that late US Representative John Lewis is surely smiling down on his beloved Georgia this morning.
Lewis died in July, and had endorsed Warnock s Senate run before his death.
Obama said in his statement that Democrats around the country should feel good today, and encouraged people to remain engaged in civic life.
Former President Barack Obama memorialized late US Representative John Lewis in a statement congratulating Reverend Raphael Warnock on his Georgia Special Senate Runoff Election win against Republican incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler on Tuesday night. My friend John Lewis is surely smiling down on his beloved Georgia this morning, as people across the state carried forward the baton that he and so many others passed down to them, Obama wrote in a statement published on his social media. I want to congratulate Reverend Raphael Warnock on his election as Georgia s next US Senator and wh