GEORGIA ELECTION: RAFAEL WARNOCK DEFEATS KELLY LOEFFLER, KEEPING ALIVE DEMOCRATS' HOPES OF TAKING THE SENATE
Democrat Raphael Warnock defeated Republican Kelly Loeffler on Tuesday in one of the two runoff elections in Georgia that would determine control of the Senate, NBC News reports.
“Tonight we proved that with hope, hard works and the people by our side, anything is possible," Warnock told supporters in a video livestream.
The other runoff election is between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican David Perdue.
Reports say that Democrats need to win both contests to flip the Senate but if Perdue wins, Republicans will maintain control or the Senatorial seat and possibly ward off all President-elect Biden’s Cabinet appointments
Warnock, who has never contested for public office before, would be the first Black Senator from Georgia and only the 11th Black senator in American history.
"Congratulations to our next U.S. Senator," Soon, he will walk those august halls and cast votes as a leader with courage, justice and integrity. God bless you and keep you in your service to us all," former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams tweeted at Warnock.
Loeffler, in her brief remarks at an election night party in Atlanta before NBC News projected Warnock the winner, declined to concede the race.
“It's worth it for this election to last into tomorrow. We're gonna make sure every vote is counted. Every legal vote will be counted. And I'm not gonna stop working,” she said.
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