Warnock wins Georgia and brings Senate control closer to Democrats | The State
Raphael Warnock (left), Stacey Abrams and Jon Ossoff listen to Joe Biden on December 15 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Georgia makes history again. If in November you elected the Democratic presidential candidate, Joe biden, for the first time in decades voting Republican, this time he elected an African-American senator, Raphael warnock. The seat brings the Democratic Party closer to control of the Senate, which will be decided in Georgia’s other race between Republican David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff.
Warnock defeated Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler in the state runoff election, according to the projections of the main media.
“Tonight, we show that with hope, hard work and people by our side, anything is possible,” Warnock told his followers in a virtual speech broadcast by various media. His opponent has yet to admit defeat.
According to the projections of the various media about the vote, when more than 97% of the votes have already been counted, the Democrat would have exceeded 50% of the votes and would have an advantage of more than 30 thousand over his opponent.
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If the Democrats also conquer the other seat that is at stake in the elections, they will take the reins of the Senate, which the Republicans now control, which will facilitate the first two years of government to the president-elect, Joe Biden, who will come to power on the 20th. from January.
Warnock, a 51-year-old reverend, will be the first black senator to represent southern Georgia in the country’s history, having served as pastor of an Atlanta church in which the assassinated civil rights leader Martin Luther King preached. in 1968.
There are no definitive projections yet on what will happen to the other seat at stake in the election, the one now controlled by Republican Senator David Perdue, and the vote shows a very close race against the other Democratic candidate, Jon Ossoff.
If the two Democratic candidates win, the Senate will be divided into 50 seats from one party and another 50 from the other, but the vice president-elect, Kamala Harris, could break any possible tie, since her new position implies being the president as well. of the Upper House.
In that case, Biden will have a much easier time passing his cabinet candidates and pushing forward his legislative priorities, since in many cases a simple majority of 51 votes is enough to pass or prevent a change in the Senate, and Democrats already control the vote. Low camera.
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