GEORGIA UPDATE:
*Rev. Raphael Warnock is elected, defeating GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler.
*Jon Ossoff holds a 16,000-vote lead over Sen. David Perdue, but race is still too close to call.
washingtonpost.com/politics/perdu… Image
Senator-Elect Raphael Warnock thanks Georgia voters after defeating GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler in Georgia runoff. nbcnews.com/politics/2020-… Image
Stacey Abrams’s 10-year project to flip Georgia is nearly complete. nytimes.com/2021/01/05/us/… Image
If Georgia is now blue, how far behind is Texas?
(Related: @SenTedCruz is on the wrong side of history.)
|@SteveKornacki making a strong case on MSNBC right now that Democrat Jon Ossoff’s 16,000-vote lead will continue to grow (and perhaps double) as mail-in ballots are counted in Georgia runoff.
Georgia winner Raphael Warnock channels Dr. King on @Morning_Joe: "We’re tied in a single garment of destiny.” Image
GEORGIA UPDATE: New vote totals show Democrat Jon Ossoff up by 17,025 with about 98 percent of the vote reported. nytimes.com/interactive/20… Image
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