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Two Democratic candidates Rafael Volnack (left) Jon Osoff (right)
The final result of the two-party fight for control of the Senate will not be revealed until January next year, when Georgia will hold a second round of voting.
Especially in Georgia, where the electoral situation is stagnant, according to state electoral law, a candidate must obtain more than half of the votes to be elected senator.
But no candidate won more than half, so the state will hold a second round of elections on January 5 next year.
Currently, the Republican Party has a majority of seats in the Senate: 53 to 47. So far, Democrats have added one more seat through this election, and the Republican Party has lost one seat.
If Democrats want to take control of the Senate, they need to add four more seats. Although Democrats had high hopes for this before, many Republican senators had no choice but to keep their seats in this election.
However, if Democrats can win two senator seats in Georgia (the state traditionally supports the Republican Party), an equal divide will form with Republicans in the Senate: 50-50.
If Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate, finally enters the White House on this basis, it means that the Democratic Party will have real control over the Senate, because when the vote is equal, the vice president who is also the president of the Senate will have a vote for break deadlock.
Deadlock in Georgia elections
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Republican Senator Kelly Lovell (left) and David Perdue
According to current BBC election results, current Republican Senator David Perdue of Georgia got 49.8% of the vote, while Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff won 47.9%. vote.
Republican Perdue’s campaign manager previously said he’s confident Perdue will win if more time is needed to count all the votes.
However, the Osov camp of the Democratic Party hopes that if a runoff takes place in January next year, Osov will win the election to become a Georgia senator.
The race for another Georgia Senate seat was between Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock and Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler.
Currently, the votes of the two people are 32.9% for Volnack and 26% for Loeffler.
Seats and background of the Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the United States. It has 100 seats. Each state has two representatives in the Senate, regardless of the population of each state.
The general term of senators is six years, but about a third of the seats are re-elected every two years.
This year a total of 35 Senate seats were reelected, including 23 Republicans and 12 Democrats.
Democrats haven’t had majority control of the Senate for six years.
