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The second Georgia Senate race is weirder: a special election to fill the seat vacated by former Sen. Johnny Isakson that pits one Democrat (Raphael Warnock) against two Republicans (appointed Sen ...
It was the first U.S. Senate election in Georgia history and among five nationwide since the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913 in which both major party nominees were Black. [2] [3] [a] In the November 8 election, Warnock received 49.4% of the vote and Walker received 48.5%, triggering the December 6 runoff. [4]
More than 800,000 votes have been reported by the Georgia Secretary of State, and Raphael Warnock has an early lead over Herschel Walker: 484,025 votes to 339,883 (58.75% to 41.25%).
Ossoff and Warnock became the first Democrats to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Georgia since Zell Miller in a 2000 special election. Ossoff became the first Democrat elected to a full term in the Senate from Georgia since Max Cleland, who held this seat from 1997 to 2003, and the first Jewish member of the Senate from the state. [6]
Sen. Raphael Warnock’s win on Tuesday in Georgia’s runoff election gave Democrats a slim 51-49 majority in the U.S. Senate — something experts say could make all the difference in helping ...
100% of estimated votes counted This is an Associated Press estimate of how much of the vote in an election has been counted. It is informed by turnout in recent elections, details on votes cast in advance and – after polls close – early returns.
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]
The 2026 United States Senate election in Georgia will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Georgia. Incumbent Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff , who was first elected in 2021 is running for re-election to a second term in office.