Happy New Year, I'm Jonathan Capart, and this is a special episode of K-Pup.

With their votes in the runoff elections on January 5th.

The people of Georgia will not only determine who will represent them in the Senate,

they'll also determine the balance of power in the Senate.

John Osoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock are the Democrats hoping to unseat Republican

Senators David Perdue and Kelly Leffler.

Late last year, Osoff and Warnock were both guests on Cape Up, and in this episode will reprise highlights from those

conversations. Hear them talk about why they are running and the issues that

would drive them in the Senate if they are successful in the runoff election right now.

Why did you think that now is the time to run for office and run for U.S. Senate?

Well, my whole life has been about service.

I'm a pastor, I serve at Ebenezer Baptist Church, but I've been engaged in these fights from that pulpit for years.

I've been fighting for health care access and affordability for years, up in acts of civil disobedience

demanding that we expand Medicaid in this state.

I've been fighting for voting rights.

I've worked alongside my friend Stacy Abrams. We've registered through the new Georgia

project which I chaired 400,000 new voters in the state. I've been standing up for the dignity of workers and their right to share in some of the

prosperity that they've created. And I think my passion for these issues emerges from my life

story, someone who grew up in public housing down in Savannah, Georgia,

one of 12 children, I'm number 11,

and the first college graduate in my family.

So my success as a result of hard work but also Pell Grants, low interest student loans, good public policy. I know the difference that good public policy makes and that's why I'm running for the US Senate.

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