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The runoff victories in Georgia by the Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff have given control of the Senate to the Democrats.

Here's a look at how votes across the state shifted to the Democrats, letting them flip two seats the Republicans held for years. nyti.ms/2Lvfyxj

In November, Georgia shifted just far enough left to give Joe Biden a narrow victory there.

In the Senate runoffs, nearly every part of the state shifted even further left, giving the two winning candidates even bigger margins of victory than Biden’s. nyti.ms/3s6jqW4

Much of Biden’s core of support in November came from in and around Atlanta. A look at those counties in the runoffs shows even stronger support for Warnock and Ossoff. nyti.ms/3s6jqW4

Warnock and Ossoff prevailed in Georgia with the help of superior Democratic turnout.

Turnout reached 92% of November election levels in precincts won by Biden, compared with only 88% in precincts won by President Trump, according to available data. nyti.ms/3pT5fSk

Senator-elect Warnock, the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached, will become the first Black senator from Georgia.

He won his runoff with about 51% of the vote. nyti.ms/3pY8acv

Senator-elect Ossoff is now the youngest Democrat elected to the Senate since Joe Biden.

Ossoff had a narrower victory than Warnock, but is likely to win by more than 0.5 points, enough to avoid Georgia’s threshold for a mandatory recount. nyti.ms/3pT5fSk

The victories by Warnock and Ossoff mean that the Democrats will now control the White House and both houses of Congress, giving President-elect Joe Biden the chance to expand his legislative agenda. nyti.ms/2XjkzLX