Democrats won one hotly contested U.S. Senate race in Georgia on Wednesday and pulled ahead in a second, edging closer to control of the chamber and the power to advance Democratic President-elect Joe Biden's policy goals when he takes office this month.
(Reuters) - Georgia voters appeared less confident about the accuracy of the outcome in Tuesday's run-off races in their state to determine control of.
Jan. 6, 2021
Democrats won one hotly contested U.S. Senate race in Georgia on Wednesday and pulled ahead in a second, edging closer to control of the chamber and the power to advance Democratic President-elect Joe Biden s policy goals when he takes office this month.
Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock beat Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler, TV networks and Edison Research projected. Democrat Jon Ossoff held a narrow lead over Republican David Perdue in the other race, with a final outcome not expected until later on Wednesday.
With 98% reporting, Warnock was ahead of Loeffler by 1.2 percentage points, roughly 50,000 votes, while Ossoff led Perdue by more than 12,000 votes, according to Edison Research.
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Georgia on cusp of delivering Senate to Democrats as Raphael Warnock wins, Jon Ossoff leads
Winning both contests would give Democrats control of the Senate, creating a 50-50 split and giving Vice President-elect Kamala Harris the tie-breaking vote once she and Biden take office on Jan. 20.
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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Raphael Warnock makes an address in Georgia on Jan. 6 in this still image from video obtained via social media. REVEREND RAPHAEL WARNOCK via REUTERS
ATLANTA, Jan. 6 (Reuters) Democrats won one U.S. Senate race in Georgia and led in another on Wednesday, moving closer to a surprise sweep in a former Republican stronghold that would give them control of Congress and the power to advance President-elect Joe Biden s agenda.