The mainstream media have already given the victory to the democrat Jon Ossoff in the second round of the Senate elections for Georgia . His seat and that of Raphael Warnock – whose victory was known this Wednesday morning – return control of the Senate to the president’s party elected Joe Biden . It is a historic turnaround in the state that will make it easier for the incoming president to apply his policies.
Democrats now have a majority in both houses . Although in the Upper House there will be 33 Republican senators and 50 Democrats, the vice president-elect, Kamala Harris, will be in charge of choosing which party will be in command . In the House of Representatives most of Nancy Pelosi’s will not be much looser.
Both Ossoff and Warnock s moved from their seats to their respective competitors, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler . This double Democratic victory also solidifies the political transformation of the state of Georgia , which many analysts and politicians link to a large extent with the impulse of social movements and Black Lives Matter .
Both Democrats now lead their Republican opponents by margins above the threshold required for be able to request a recount, under Georgia law.
The Georgia runoff elections are also historic because Reverend Raphael Warnock has become the first black and southern Democrat elected to the Senate. And Jon Ossoff, 33 and director of a video production company, has never held public office and has managed to defeat David Perdue, who has just completed his first full term in the Upper House.
By adding control of the Senate to that of the House of Representatives, the Democrats will be able to preside over committees and legislation and will be able to decide the nominations that are brought to parliament. This advantage will make it easier for Biden to move forward with his political agenda.