Raphael Warnock has defeated Herschel Walker in a runoff election to determine who will represent Georgia in the U.S. Senate.
The incumbent Democrat was leading with Democratic areas still to report when the race was called Tuesday night. Warnock bested Walker by just under a percentage point during the general election last month, but didn’t cross the 50-percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff. His victory means Democrats will hold a 51-49 advantage in the Senate, expanding their slim majority in midterm elections that were projected to favor Republicans.
The incumbent Democrat was leading with Democratic areas still to report when the race was called Tuesday night. Warnock bested Walker by just under a percentage point during the general election last month, but didn’t cross the 50-percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff. His victory means Democrats will hold a 51-49 advantage in the Senate, expanding their slim majority in midterm elections that were projected to favor Republicans.
- 12/7/2022
- by Tim Dickinson and Asawin Suebsaeng
- Rollingstone.com
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-ga) was projected to win election to a full Senate term on Tuesday, defeating football star Herschel Walker in a runoff that was the final chapter of the midterms.
Warnock’s victory will give Democrats a 51-49 margin in the Senate, a one-seat gain that gives the party a clear majority.
Walker’s defeat was another loss for a Donald Trump-endorsed candidate, as the former president thrown his backing behind the sports celebrity despite his lack of experience in the political realm and personal baggage from past relationships.
News networks CNN and MSNBC spent hours analyzing the runoff results, with each candidate flipping back and forth in the lead several times. Fox News also covered the results, but as part of their regular primetime lineup.
“After a hard-fought campaign, you got me for six more years,” Warnock told a room of cheering supporters after Walker conceded the race.
Warnock’s victory will give Democrats a 51-49 margin in the Senate, a one-seat gain that gives the party a clear majority.
Walker’s defeat was another loss for a Donald Trump-endorsed candidate, as the former president thrown his backing behind the sports celebrity despite his lack of experience in the political realm and personal baggage from past relationships.
News networks CNN and MSNBC spent hours analyzing the runoff results, with each candidate flipping back and forth in the lead several times. Fox News also covered the results, but as part of their regular primetime lineup.
“After a hard-fought campaign, you got me for six more years,” Warnock told a room of cheering supporters after Walker conceded the race.
- 12/7/2022
- by Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Democrats will control the U.S. Senate thanks to voters in Georgia
First, Rev. Raphael Warnock unseated incumbent appointee Sen. Kelly Loeffler to become the first black American ever elected to statewide office in Georgia and only the eleventh black senator in U.S. history. On Wednesday afternoon, amid the chaos at the Capitol, the Associated Press called Georgia’s other Senate election in favor of 33-year-old Democrat Jon Ossoff, who defeated incumbent Sen. David Perdue. On January 20, 2021, the day President Joe Biden is inaugurated, Democrats will now hold 50 seats,...
First, Rev. Raphael Warnock unseated incumbent appointee Sen. Kelly Loeffler to become the first black American ever elected to statewide office in Georgia and only the eleventh black senator in U.S. history. On Wednesday afternoon, amid the chaos at the Capitol, the Associated Press called Georgia’s other Senate election in favor of 33-year-old Democrat Jon Ossoff, who defeated incumbent Sen. David Perdue. On January 20, 2021, the day President Joe Biden is inaugurated, Democrats will now hold 50 seats,...
- 1/6/2021
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
As 2020 election results roll in, control of the Senate remains in the balance — and everything may all come down to Georgia.
The math is not complicated. In the current Senate, Republicans hold a three-seat advantage, 53-47. If Biden wins the presidency, as appears increasingly likely, Vice President Kamala Harris would sit as the Senate’s tie-breaker, and Democrats would need a net gain of three seats to control the chamber. (If Trump wins, Democrats would need to net four seats.)
With projected Senate wins in Arizona and Colorado, and a loss in Alabama,...
The math is not complicated. In the current Senate, Republicans hold a three-seat advantage, 53-47. If Biden wins the presidency, as appears increasingly likely, Vice President Kamala Harris would sit as the Senate’s tie-breaker, and Democrats would need a net gain of three seats to control the chamber. (If Trump wins, Democrats would need to net four seats.)
With projected Senate wins in Arizona and Colorado, and a loss in Alabama,...
- 11/10/2020
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Democratic Senate candidates may have underperformed in last week’s elections, but Republicans haven’t secured control of the chamber just yet.
As it stands now, Republicans hold a 53-47-seat majority in the Senate. In the 2020 races that have already been called, Democrats netted a gain of one seat, which brings the balance of power to 52-48. But there are two outstanding races in Georgia scheduled for runoffs on January 5th, and if Democrats can win both of them the Senate will be split 50/50. If this were to happen,...
As it stands now, Republicans hold a 53-47-seat majority in the Senate. In the 2020 races that have already been called, Democrats netted a gain of one seat, which brings the balance of power to 52-48. But there are two outstanding races in Georgia scheduled for runoffs on January 5th, and if Democrats can win both of them the Senate will be split 50/50. If this were to happen,...
- 11/9/2020
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
As Joe Biden remains close to clinching the 270 electoral votes to declare victory in the 2020 presidential election, Hollywood activists looking to help Democrats secure control of the Senate have turned their focus to Georgia, which is set to be the site of at least one, if not two, runoff elections in January.
A special election to fill the remainder of retiring Sen. Johnny Isakson’s term will require a runoff between the two best-performing candidates, Raphael Warnock and Sen. Kelly Loeffler, the Republican appointed to fill Isakson’s seat. Votes are still being counted in the Senate race between ...
A special election to fill the remainder of retiring Sen. Johnny Isakson’s term will require a runoff between the two best-performing candidates, Raphael Warnock and Sen. Kelly Loeffler, the Republican appointed to fill Isakson’s seat. Votes are still being counted in the Senate race between ...
- 11/6/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As Joe Biden remains close to clinching the 270 electoral votes to declare victory in the 2020 presidential election, Hollywood activists looking to help Democrats secure control of the Senate have turned their focus to Georgia, which is set to be the site of at least one, if not two, runoff elections in January.
A special election to fill the remainder of retiring Sen. Johnny Isakson’s term will require a runoff between the two best-performing candidates, Raphael Warnock and Sen. Kelly Loeffler, the Republican appointed to fill Isakson’s seat. Votes are still being counted in the Senate race between ...
A special election to fill the remainder of retiring Sen. Johnny Isakson’s term will require a runoff between the two best-performing candidates, Raphael Warnock and Sen. Kelly Loeffler, the Republican appointed to fill Isakson’s seat. Votes are still being counted in the Senate race between ...
- 11/6/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Georgia Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler made a baffling admission of ignorance while trying to hold on to her seat and remain in the good graces of President Trump.
On Wednesday, in an apparent move to stay consistent with her claim of not disagreeing with anything Trump has ever done or said, Loeffler told reporters that she was “not familiar” with the 2005 Access Hollywood tape in which Trump described sexually assaulting women. The recording went viral during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Loeffler first dodged the question when asked if her tight alignment...
On Wednesday, in an apparent move to stay consistent with her claim of not disagreeing with anything Trump has ever done or said, Loeffler told reporters that she was “not familiar” with the 2005 Access Hollywood tape in which Trump described sexually assaulting women. The recording went viral during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Loeffler first dodged the question when asked if her tight alignment...
- 10/29/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The morning after President Donald Trump again blasted Sen. John McCain during a White House presser with the new president of Brazil, The View once again came to the support of grieving daughter/co-host Meghan McCain.
Trump had been asked about his weekend Twitter attacks on McCain and responded that McCain had betrayed him on an Obamacare kill bill and other “disgraceful” things, adding, “I was never a fan of John McCain and I never will be.”
The View Den Mom Whoopi Goldberg told viewers that Trump’s claims as to what McCain had done are not true. McCain had issues with Obamacare and wanted it changed “but not the way you chose to do it,” she told Potus.
“This is a psycho,” Joy Behar said of Trump. “He’s not normal; he’s obsessed with people that did not support him.” She blasted the Gop for not condemning Trump...
Trump had been asked about his weekend Twitter attacks on McCain and responded that McCain had betrayed him on an Obamacare kill bill and other “disgraceful” things, adding, “I was never a fan of John McCain and I never will be.”
The View Den Mom Whoopi Goldberg told viewers that Trump’s claims as to what McCain had done are not true. McCain had issues with Obamacare and wanted it changed “but not the way you chose to do it,” she told Potus.
“This is a psycho,” Joy Behar said of Trump. “He’s not normal; he’s obsessed with people that did not support him.” She blasted the Gop for not condemning Trump...
- 3/20/2019
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
The Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court battle has turned into one of the most contentious nominations in our nation’s history. President Trump’s nominee has been accused of past sexual assaults and of being dishonest before the Senate.
Despite testimony by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote on September 28th. Following an unaccountably incomplete investigation by the FBI, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared a key procedural hurdle, setting up a final vote this weekend.
On Friday, Sen. Susan Collins (R-me) delivered...
Despite testimony by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote on September 28th. Following an unaccountably incomplete investigation by the FBI, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared a key procedural hurdle, setting up a final vote this weekend.
On Friday, Sen. Susan Collins (R-me) delivered...
- 10/5/2018
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
When former Rep. Tom Price was appointed President Donald Trump‘s Health and Human Services secretary, he left his seat representing Georgia’s sixth district vacant.
And the race to fill it is turning out to be quite the battle.
Jon Ossoff, one of five Democrats running to fill Price’s seat, has raised an unprecedented $3 million for the race. Normally, a Democrat running for this particular seat hopes to raise anywhere from $10,000 to $20,000, according to Vox. More than 7,000 people have already volunteered for his campaign.
Even Hollywood is coming out to get him elected. Actors Alyssa Milano and Christopher Gorham...
And the race to fill it is turning out to be quite the battle.
Jon Ossoff, one of five Democrats running to fill Price’s seat, has raised an unprecedented $3 million for the race. Normally, a Democrat running for this particular seat hopes to raise anywhere from $10,000 to $20,000, according to Vox. More than 7,000 people have already volunteered for his campaign.
Even Hollywood is coming out to get him elected. Actors Alyssa Milano and Christopher Gorham...
- 3/27/2017
- by Diana Pearl
- PEOPLE.com
Vice President Joe Biden was in full “Uncle Joe” mode for his final swearing-in of new and re-elected senators on Tuesday.
Compliments, “dad jokes” and baby kisses (and snubs!) abounded as Biden held ceremonial swearing-ins for all Senate members of the new 115th Congress inside the old Senate chamber at the Capitol.
Here are some of Biden’s best lines of the day:
To Sen. Chuck Schumer’s mother, after she told Biden how proud she was of her son: “I don’t think he knows how to do anything else.” To Schumer’s daughter, who greeted the vice president...
Compliments, “dad jokes” and baby kisses (and snubs!) abounded as Biden held ceremonial swearing-ins for all Senate members of the new 115th Congress inside the old Senate chamber at the Capitol.
Here are some of Biden’s best lines of the day:
To Sen. Chuck Schumer’s mother, after she told Biden how proud she was of her son: “I don’t think he knows how to do anything else.” To Schumer’s daughter, who greeted the vice president...
- 1/3/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
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