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The majority of the Senate was decided yesterday by Georgian voters as no decision was made on the two state seats in the first round. To win, one of the candidates should have obtained an absolute majority of the votes, but that failed. Back then, Republicans were very close to this, but now Democrats are better off:
- In the fight for one of the chairs, Democrat Raphael Warnock beat Republican Kelly Loeffler by one percentage point, pulling the chair with a 98% processing.
- In second place is the Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff ahead of the incumbent David Perdue (49.9%). The fight is extremely fierce, so it is not yet possible to announce a winner here.
So as of now, Democrats have 49 seats and Republicans have 50 seats in the 100-member legislature. If the other race also ends in a Democratic victory, both parties will have 50 senators. It is then when the incumbent of the Senate decides, which is none other than the vice president of the United States, and as of January 20 it will be Kamala Harris.
That is, if the outcome remains like this, Democrats can get the Senate too, and that’s a chance before Democratic President Joe Biden’s fiscal plans are implemented.
Senators are elected for six years and one third of the presidents are renewed every two years. Next time, the elections will be held in 2 years, that is, now it will be decided how much Biden will be able to act in foreign and economic policy. We write more about what is at stake in the elections here:
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