Democrat Raphael Warnock edged ahead of incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Democrat Jon Ossoff outpaced incumbent Republican Sen. David Perdue in Georgia's two Senate runoffs - races that determine which party controls the Senate under a Biden administration.
Newsmax and Decision HQ called the Ossoff-Perdue race for Ossoff early Wednesday after Ossoff's lead widened to more than 16,000 votes.
Republicans needed a strong turnout of voters on Tuesday to overcome an expected Democratic advantage in early and mail-in ballots.
Against the backdrop of Trump's claims of vote fraud and corruption by Georgia elections officials - topped by his hour-long phone call demanding that officials "Find" enough votes to overturn the presidential election - the races also became a test of Trump's continued hold on the GOP. The races also will determine Biden's power to advance his agenda, as Democrats need victories in both seats to leave the Senate with a 50-50 split, enabling Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to cast tie-breaking votes.
Loeffler, 50, the wealthiest member of Congress, was trying to hold on to her seat against a challenge from Warnock, 51, the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, a position once held by Martin Luther King Jr. In an unusual joint statement issued less that four hours before the polls closed, Perdue and Loeffler called on Republican voters in Georgia to turn out.
White voters opted for Loeffler with 72% and Perdue with 73%, according to AP VoteCast, a phone and online survey of more than 2,700 verified Georgia voters conducted over the past eight days.
Black voters, who made up almost a third of the electorate, went overwhelmingly for Ossoff, 94%, and Warnock, 93%. Latino voters went for Ossoff with 55% and Warnock with 57%, the survey showed.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/georgia-election-warnock-loeffler-perdue/2021/01/05/id/1004425/
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