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Six quick takeaways from the Georgia Senate runoffs so far By James Pindell Globe Staff,Updated January 6, 2021, 7:56 a.m. Email to a Friend Canvassers listen to Democrat Raphael Warnock in Marietta, Ga., Tuesday.Kevin D. Liles/For the Washington Post As you slept Tuesday night, the results from the pair of Georgia Senate runoffs came into sharp focus, with one Democrat a declared winner and the other leading in a too-close-to-call race. The ultimate results here could have serious implications for the future of American politics, including the governing agenda for the next two years. After a...

Jon Ossoff, a Jewish 33-year-old former executive of a documentary film company, has likely done what seemed nearly impossible just a few years ago: won a Senate election as a Democrat in formerly deep-red Georgia. Along with his fellow Democratic Senate winner, Rev. Raphael Warnock, the pair has flipped control of the U.S. Senate. While networks have not yet called the race, Ossoff leads in the polls and Georgia’s top elections official said he does not anticipate any changes Ossoff’s young age and relatively short resume — in politics, at least — have left him a somewhat unknown fig...