Decision Desk HQ has called both Georgia Senate runoff elections for the Democrats, meaning if these projections hold, the Senate is 50-50 with Vice President Kamala Harris as the tiebreaker.
They called the race for Reverend Raphael Warnock over Sen. Kelly Loeffler at 11:13 last night:
Decision Desk HQ Projects @ReverendWarnock (D) has won the Georgia Special Senate Runoff Election
Race Called: 11:13PM EST 01.05.21
All Results: https://t.co/AOgwtoMxNF
— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) January 6, 2021
And they projected Jon Ossoff as the winner over Sen. David Perdue early this morning:
Decision Desk HQ projects @ossoff (D) has won the Georgia Regular Senate Runoff Election, giving Democrats control of the Senate on January 20th.
Race Called: 2:14AM EST 01.06.21
All Results: https://t.co/AOgwtoMxNF
— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) January 6, 2021
Again, if these calls hold, Dems will control the Senate:
Decision Desk HQ projects Democrats to take control of the Senate (50D-50R) with VP Kamala Harris casting the tie breaking vote.
Called at 2:14AM EST 01.06.21
All Results: https://t.co/AOgwtoMxNF
— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) January 6, 2021
Of note, we’re still waiting for other networks to call the race for Ossoff:
Seems like only a matter of time until networks will follow … https://t.co/WvZQGy8tpX
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) January 6, 2021
But team Ossoff is confident that they’ve won it:
A statement from @ossoff’s campaign manager Ellen Foster:
“When all the votes are counted we fully expect that Jon Ossoff will have won this election to represent Georgia in the United States Senate.” #gasen pic.twitter.com/Sw0VALYaoK
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) January 6, 2021
And don’t forget about potential recounts:
It’s not yet assured Ossoff’s victory will end up outside GA’s 0.5% recount threshold, but it’s likely. #GASEN
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) January 6, 2021
Full results here:
Follow here for live results from the Georgia Senate runoff from Decision Desk HQ https://t.co/ryFqhj6Sua
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 6, 2021
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