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The 2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 3, 2020, and on January 5, 2021 (as a runoff), to elect the Class II member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Georgia. Democrat Jon Ossoff defeated incumbent Republican Senator David Perdue in the runoff election.
The 2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia was held on November 3, 2020, and on January 5, 2021 (as a runoff), to elect the Class III member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Georgia. Democrat Raphael Warnock defeated appointed incumbent Republican Kelly Loeffler. The first round of the election was held ...
In 2017, he ran in the special election for Georgia's 6th congressional district, narrowing but ultimately losing the seat which had long been considered a Republican stronghold. In 2020, Ossoff won the 2020 U.S. Senate election in Georgia, beating incumbent Republican senator David Perdue in the runoff election on January 5, 2021. As a senator ...
2020 United States Senate elections ← 2018 November 3, 2020 January 5, 2021 (Georgia runoffs) 2022 → 35 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate 51 [a] seats needed for a majority Majority party Minority party Leader Chuck Schumer Mitch McConnell Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 3, 2017 January 3, 2007 Leader's seat New York Kentucky Seats before 45 53 Seats after 48 ...
Since January 20, 2021, Georgia has been represented in the Senate by Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. Ossoff defeated Republican David Perdue in the regularly-scheduled 2020 election, while Warnock defeated appointed Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler in the concurrent special election, both of which were decided in runoffs on ...
2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title 2020 Georgia Senate election .
In 2020, Democrats won both Senate seats and the 2020 Presidential election. [11] [12] The state voted for Joe Biden for president‚ and senators Jon Ossoff, the state's first Jewish senator, [13] and Raphael Warnock, the state's first Black senator. [14]
Following the 2020 United States elections, both U.S. Senate seats in the state of Georgia went to runoffs concurrently held on January 5, 2021. As Democratic Party challengers defeated both Republican Party incumbents, [1] Democrats took control of the U.S. Senate, giving a government trifecta to the newly elected U.S. president Joe Biden. [2]