Latest on Senate Runoff Elections in Georgia

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🗓️ 6 January 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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All eyes are on two U.S. Senate runoff elections in Georgia, the outcomes of which will determine which political party gains control of the Senate. Pastor and democrat Raphael Warnock is projected to have won over Republican Kelly Loeffler. The race between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican David Perdue is still too close to call. Meanwhile, in a joint session of Congress overseen by vice president Mike Pence, US lawmakers gather this morning to confirm Joe Biden's victory. We get the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	I'm Michael Krasny.
1:03.7	Control of the U.S. Senate has come down to the wire this morning.
1:08.1	Georgia Democrat Raphael Warnock, a pastor defeated Republican Kelly Loughler,
1:12.7	becoming the first black Democrat elected as a U.S. senator from a state in the South.
1:21.7	While votes are still being counted in a close race for the second seat, Democrat John Ossuff in a video this morning has claimed victory over Republican David Purdue.
1:28.1	Coming up, we'll get the latest on the Georgia election, which will decide control of the U.S. Senate, and on Congress,
1:32.5	where legislators are scheduled this hour to vote to certify Joe Biden's electoral college win. That's all next, right after this news.
1:53.0	Welcome to Forum. I'm Michael Krasny. Democrat Raphael Warnock has defeated Republican Kelly Leffler in Georgia,
1:59.1	becoming the first black Democrat elected as a U.S. senator from a state in the south, and only the 11th black senator in the history of the nation.
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