US Democrats Win Both Georgia Senate Runoffs... Become Senate Majority (Update)

Warnock and Ossoff Candidates Also Win
Democratic Senate Seats Increase to 50

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] The U.S. Democratic Party won both runoff elections for the Georgia Senate seats. With this, the Democrats have completed a Blue Wave, controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress.

On the 6th (local time), U.S. media including The Washington Post (WP) reported that Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff won the runoff election against Republican Senator David Perdue. Ossoff secured 50.3% of the vote, leading Perdue, who received 49.7%, by a margin of 0.6 percentage points.

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Earlier, Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler, who received 49.3%.

The state of Georgia held Senate elections last November, but since no candidate received a majority, runoff elections were held again.

With the Democrats securing two seats in Georgia this time, they are now able to become the majority party in the Senate. After the November elections, the Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents held a total of 48 seats, while the Republicans held 50 seats. If the Republicans had won even one of these two runoff races, they would have held 51 seats and become the majority party, but they lost both. As a result of this election, the Senate seats are tied 50 to 50 between Democrats and Republicans, but since the Vice President of the U.S., who serves as the Senate President, can cast tie-breaking votes, the Democrats will be the majority party.

With the Democrats holding the majority in both the House and Senate, President-elect Biden’s administration is expected to gain momentum in governance.

Georgia has traditionally been considered a Republican stronghold, but the dynamics changed significantly during this election. In the November election, President-elect Joe Biden won by a margin of about 12,000 votes over President Donald Trump.

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