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#BREAKING Polls close in Georgia runoffs with US Senate control at stake

#UPDATES Polls close in a pair of critical election runoffs in Georgia, where Democrats need both their candidates to win to snatch the Senate from the Republicans, with US media declaring both races too close to call u.afp.com/UJxF

#BREAKING Democrat claims victory in one of two crunch US Senate runoffs

#BREAKING Democrat wins first of 2 runoffs in battle for US Senate: networks

#UPDATES Democrat Raphael Warnock, a Black pastor with deep roots in Georgia, narrowly ousts Republican rival Senator Kelly Loeffler, CBS, NBC and CNN report, in the first of two critical runoff elections that will decide control of the US Senate

Joe Biden's Democratic Party takes a giant step towards seizing control of the US Senate as they win the first of two Georgia run-offs, hours before Congress is set to certify the president-elect's victory over Donald Trump u.afp.com/UJYW

#BREAKING Ossoff claims victory for Democrats in crucial Senate vote in Georgia

#UPDATE Democrat Jon #Ossoff on Wednesday claimed victory in the second of two #Georgia run-off votes, claiming a win that would give President-elect Joe Biden control of the United States' Senate u.afp.com/UJAN #georgiarunnoff

#BREAKING President-elect Joe Biden says Americans want "action", "unity" after likely Senate win

#UPDATE President-elect Joe Biden hailed his Democratic Party's likely takeover of the Senate and made an appeal for bipartisanship.

Americans "demand action and they want unity. I am more optimistic than I ever have been that we can deliver both," he said
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