Raphael Warnock, Reverend of the Martin Luther King Church, makes history by becoming the first African-American Democrat to be elected senator for a southern United States state
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Georgia makes history again . If in November you elected the Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden , for the first time in decades voting Republican, this time elected an African American senator, Raphael Warnock . The seat brings the Democratic Party closer to control of the Senate , which will be decided in the other Georgia race between Republican David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff.
Warnock defeated Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler in the state runoff elections , according to projections from the mainstream media communication.
“Tonight, we show that with hope, hard work and the people by our side, anything is possible,” Warnock told his followers in a virtual speech broadcast by various means. His opponent has not yet admitted defeat.
According to the projections of the various media on the scrutiny, when more than has already been counted % of the votes, the Democrat would have exceeded 50% of the votes and would have an advantage of more than 30 thousand over his opponent.
The Senate depends on a single position
If the Democrats also conquer the other seat at stake in the elections, they will take the reins of the Senate , now controlled by Republicans, which will facilitate the first two years of government for President-elect Joe Biden, who will come to power on 20 January.
Warnock, a reverend of 51 years, he will be the first black senator to represent southern Georgia in the country’s history, having served as pastor of an Atlanta church in which civil rights leader Martin Luther King, assassinated in 1968.
There are still no definitive projections on what will happen to the other seat at stake in the elections, the one now controlled by Republican Senator David Perdue, and the vote shows a very tight race against him. another Democratic candidate, Jon Ossoff.
In case they win the two Democratic candidates, the Senate will be divided into 50 seats of one party and others 50 of the other, but the vice president-elect, Kamala Harris, could break any possible tie, since her new position implies being the pr Speaker of the Upper House .
In that case, Biden will have much easier to approve candidates for your Cabinet and advance your legislative priorities, since in many cases a simple majority of 51 votes to approve or prevent a change in the Senate, and Democrats already control the Lower House.
