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Democrat Raphael Warnock wins one of the twin US Senate races in Georgia, control of Congress still hangs in balance
Democrat Raphael Warnock has won one of two runoff elections for the US Senate being held in Georgia, according to multiple US media outlets including the Associated Press, NBC News and CNN.
Key points:
- Democrats need to win both races to take the Senate majority and control of the new Congress when Mr Biden takes office
- Major US media outlets have declared Democratic candidate Reverend Raphael Warnock as the winner of one of the races
- The contest between Republican Senator David Perdue and his Democratic challenger, documentary filmmaker Jon Ossoff remains close
The pastor, who spent the past 15 years leading the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Junior once preached, is projected to become the first black senator in his state’s…
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