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Officials have counted about 75 per cent of the votes in Georgia s Senate run-off election on Tuesday night after polls closed in two critical races that will determine control of the US Senate and, in turn, the fate of president-elect Joe Biden’s legislative agenda.
The two Senate run-off elections are leftovers from the November general election when none of the candidates reached the 50 per cent threshold. Democrats need to win both races to seize the Senate majority and, with it, control of the new Congress when Mr Biden takes office in two weeks.
According to the most recent tally, Republicans were ahead with 49 per cent to the Democrat s vote share of 48 per cent. However, votes in the Atlanta suburbs were reportedly still being counted, areas that traditionally lean towards the Democrats.
The dollar fell against a basket of major currencies on Tuesday, on the heels of China's decision to lift its official yuan exchange rate by its highest margin since it abandoned a dollar peg in 2005, while US Senate runoff elections in Georgia were also in focus.
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Donald Trump frantically claims fraud as Republicans fear defeat in Georgia: Warnock pulls ahead of Loeffler and Ossoff is within 500 of Perdue as battle for Senate control is on knife s edge
Republican incumbent Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are running against Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, respectively
The Democrats held an early lead that vanished, but then with votes from blue DeKalb County, Warnock pulled ahead and Ossoff closed in on Perdue Looks like they are setting up a big voter dump against the Republican candidates, Trump wrote as the networks waited for the DeKalb results