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He ultimately lost that race to Rep. Karen Handel
The race between Ossoff and Perdue, whose first term in the Senate expired Sunday, advanced to a runoff after neither candidate surpassed the 50 percent threshold needed to win outright in November. Perdue finished slightly ahead in that election, notching just shy of 50 percent to Ossoff’s 47.9 percent.
But the runoff campaign between the two men became consumed over the past two months by congressional negotiations over a coronavirus pandemic relief package and President Trump
Perdue hitched his political fortunes close to those of Trump, while simultaneously seeking to cast Ossoff as a socialist with pro-China leanings. Ossoff, meanwhile, seized on Perdue’s unwillingness to break with the president, as well as allegations that the Georgia senator made a series of well-timed stock trades amid the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
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PHOTO FINISH: Democrats came within striking distance of total control of Washington with possible twin victories in the Georgia Senate runoffs determining which party holds the Senate majority. If they prevail, President-elect Joe Biden would have an easier time pushing through his agenda and getting his nominations confirmed. But it won t be easy: the Senate would be equally divided, with Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris able to break ties.
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