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Written by: Liang Kaiyi
2021-01-07 05:36
The last update date: 2021-01-07 05:36
The state of Georgia in the U.S. holds elections to determine who will belong to the last two seats in the Federal Senate.
The results of the counting of votes were released on January 6. After the Democratic candidate Raphael Warnock (Raphael Warnock) declared his own victory, another Democratic candidate, Jon Ossoff, also declared the victory, which means democracy. The party successfully won both seats and regained control of the Senate after a lapse of six years, removing a major obstacle for the future administration of President-elect Joe Biden.
The picture shows the four candidates competing for the seat of the Georgia Senate: Republican candidates Kelly Loeffler (lower left) and Perdue (David Perdue, upper left) and Democratic candidate Warnock ( Raphael Warnock, bottom right) and Ossoff (Jon Ossoff, top right).
(Reuters)
The Associated Press, The New York Times, and the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) reported earlier on the same day that Warnock had defeated the Republican candidate Kelly Loeffler and won the seat of the U.S. Senate.
CNN reported that from 98% of the votes, his vote rate was estimated to be 50.7%, surpassing the Republican candidate Lefle by 1.4 percentage points, becoming the first African-American senator from Georgia.
As for the other seat, Edison Research, which is engaged in market research and polling surveys, calculated that Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff won 50.3% of the vote, overwhelming the 49.7% of the Republican vote. Perdue (David Perdue).
The Republican Party originally won 50 seats in the Senate.
Now that the two parties each hold 50 seats, the Democratic Party can control the Senate by voting as the President of the Senate, Kamala Harris, at the critical moment of a tie.
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