Democratic Raphael Warnock defeats Republican Kelly Loeffler to become Georgia's first Black Senator

[JonLP24]

Democrat Raphael Warnock will defeat Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler in one of Georgia's two US Senate runoff elections, Insider and Decision Desk HQ project.

Warnock is now set to become Georgia's first Black Senator.

Counties are reporting votes at different speeds, and counting early, mail-in, and Election Day votes at different times. Due to the rise in mail-in and early voting compared to previous elections, the final results of both races may not be known on Tuesday night.

The Cook Political report's Dave Wasserman summed up the current state of the race in three key points: "1. Black turnout looks, frankly, phenomenal. 2. Perdue/Loeffler are approaching Trump %s of the vote in a lot of deep red rural counties, but turnout there isn't anything special. 3. It's getting harder to see a path for either R, but esp. Loeffler."

https://www.businessinsider.com/georgia-senate-runoffs-loeffler-warnock-ossoff-perdue-live-results-2021-1

[Hoyt]

1. That would be incredible. GOPers threw every lie and fear at him.