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The Senate elections were held on the same day as the November 3 presidential elections. Both Georgia Senates were up for grabs. But none of the candidates reached the required fifty percent of the vote. So now the elections are taken on January 5.
The reason for the great interest is that the majority in the Senate depends on the outcome of the elections in the state. The current Senate has 52 Republicans and 46 Democrats and two independents who often vote with Democrats. In the newly elected Senate, which begins work in January, the balance of power is currently 50 Republicans against 46 Democrats and two independents. This means that the two who win in Georgia will decide whether it will be the Democrats or the Republicans who get the majority. At 50-50, it is the vice president, who is formally president of the Senate, who has the casting vote.
For the next four years, Kamala Harris will play that role.
Several important politicians travel to the state
The first of the top politicians to travel to Georgia is current Vice President Mike Pence, who the other day at a large campaign rally called on Republican voters to vote. Only then can the Republican majority be retained and the decisions made under the Trump administration saved, he said.
Next in line was Barack Obama, who made a digital appeal from home, urging all Democrats to make sure Democrats take over the Senate so Joe Biden has a chance to implement the policies he promised. Joe Biden is expected to travel to Georgia soon.
Donald Trump’s campaign rally the night before Sunday Swedish time is difficult to assess. On the one hand, he is campaigning for the two Republicans to win. On the other hand, he still claims that Georgia lost due to advanced electoral fraud and rigged voting machines. He has also clashed with the top officials of the electoral organization, who are Republicans, and has criticized the Republican governor of the state.
Republicans lost the state in the elections
It is the same electoral organization on January 5 as on November 3 and the same machines are used. Insisting both that electoral fraud has been advanced in the presidential election and that the Senate election is going well is complicated.
The problem for Republicans is that the victory Trump was able to score in 2016, with about 190,000 overweight votes against Clinton, was eaten up this year and instead lost by an estimated 12,700 votes against Biden. Trump strengthened in rural districts, but lost voters in Atlanta and the big city, as well as in the surrounding suburbs. It is a pattern that is also found in other master wave states.
Trump runs the risk of being both a disadvantage and a liability when he continues to refuse to admit defeat. Another appeal was filed in Georgia the other day, despite the election outcome being determined. Attorney General William Barr has stated that there have been no irregularities that change the outcome of the election and some 40 appeals from Trump’s team have been rejected.
Republican David Perdue is seeking re-election to the Senate and is being challenged by Democrat Jon Ossoff, a former journalist and a staunch critic of Donald Trump. In the election, neither reached fifty percent, Perdue got 49.7 and Ossoff 47.9. Now Perdue is fighting to keep Georgia a Republican in the Senate despite the state electing a Democratic president.
The second Senate seat has been open since the former Republican senator left during the term less than a year ago due to health problems. Here is now Republican Kelly Loeffler versus Democrat Raphael Warnock. Loeffler businesswoman has been a temporary replacement in the Senate. Now you must win on your own merits. Warnock is the pastor of the former Martin Luther King Church in Atlanta. Both were far from 50 percent in the November elections, other candidates were divided.
Opinion polls suggest two equal options. It is enough for the Republicans to win one of the elections to retain the majority in the Senate. Democrats must win in both.
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