Joe Biden’s Democratic Party took a giant step Wednesday towards seizing control of the US Senate as they won the first of two Georgia run-offs, hours before Congress was set to certify the president-elect’s victory over Donald Trump.
Reverend Raphael Warnock’s victory, projected by multiple US networks overnight, capped a grueling nine-week runoff campaign and puts Georgia’s other knife-edge race in the spotlight for its potential to impact the balance of power in Washington. “I promise you this tonight: I am going to the Senate to work for all of Georgia,” Warnock said in a livestream to supporters.
Should Republicans lose the second race it would be a political debacle just hours before Trump is expected to suffer another bitter blow when Congress affirms Biden’s Electoral College victory. Multiple Republicans have signaled they will try to block the certification of the vote. But their numbers appear slim and the House and Senate are all but guaranteed to reject the effort and…