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Loose Change: Warnock wins, Ossoff leads in key Senate runoffs

January 6, 2021
In two pivotal Georgia runoff elections that will determine control of the Senate and the fate of key environmental legislation, the Rev. Raphael Warnock (D) has defeated Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R), while fellow Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff is holding a narrow lead over Sen. David Perdue (R), who is vying for a second term in office. Warnock’s victory will make him the Peach State’s first Black senator, and it puts the Senate majority within Democrats’ reach, the Associated Press reports...


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