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Democrat Raphael Warnock won the United States Senate special election in Georgia by beating Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler, becoming the first black senator in the history of the Conservative state.
Warnock, whose victory was announced by US television networks CNN, CBS and NBC, is a pastor in the same church where Martin Luther King preached until he was assassinated in 1968 in Atlanta during the African-American civil rights movement.
“Tonight, we show that with hope, hard work and people on our side, anything is possible,” Warnock told his fans in a virtual speech.
The other Democratic contender, Jon Ossoff, was also ahead of the count compared to outgoing Republican Senator David Perdue, when 95% of the vote was counted, according to the Associated Press (AP) news agency.
Ossoff, 33, could become the youngest Democratic senator since Joe Biden, elected there in 1973.
If the election of the two Democrats is confirmed, Joe Biden’s party would reinforce the victory, being able to take control of that chamber, in what would be a new setback for the current President Donald Trump, who has not yet admitted defeat in the elections November 3.
With a double win in Georgia, Democrats would win 50 Senate seats, as would Republicans.
But, as provided in the Constitution, future Vice President Kamala Harris would have the power to “tie the tie,” tipping the balance for Democrats.
Galvanized by Joe Biden’s victory in that conservative Southern state, the first since 1992, Democrats have succeeded in mobilizing voters, African Americans in particular, the key to any Democratic victory.
More than three million voters were able to vote early, representing about 40% of those registered in Georgia, a record number in Georgia’s Senate elections.
For the analyst of the independent website “Cook Political Report” Dave Wasserman, this election night recalled the midterm elections.
“That’s what we saw in 2018: Many Trump voters just don’t mobilize when Trump is not on the ballot,” he wrote on Twitter.
Also, former Biden campaign manager Rufus Gifford wrote on Twitter: “I never thought we were going to win this election in Georgia.” “Thank you very much Donald Trump,” he joked.
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