Both Senate runoff elections in Georgia were too close to call early Wednesday as Republicans and Democrats vie for control of the chamber, according to NBC News.
The races will determine which party holds the Senate majority for the next two years. Democrats aim for unified control of Congress and the White House. Republicans want a check against President-elect Joe Biden’s agenda.
In one contest, 71-year-old Republican David Perdue runs against 33-year-old Democrat Jon Ossoff, who runs a documentary production company. Perdue seeks a second term in the Senate after his first ended Sunday. The race was neck and neck with about 98% of votes in early Wednesday morning.
The other special election pits 50-year-old Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler against 51-year-old Democrat Raphael Warnock, the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached. The seat, which opened up after former GOP Sen. Johnny Isakson retired early, will be up for reelection in 2022.
Warnock led Loeffler with roughly 98% of the vote counted early Wednesday morning, according to NBC. Even as the Democrat’s edge grew and outstanding votes dwindled, Loeffler contended „we are going to win this election.“
Both elections went to runoffs after no candidate garnered more than 50% of the vote in the general election.
Counties have begun reporting results, with some small counties‘ reports already complete. Cobb County in the Atlanta metro area said it will not finish tallying results tonight and will resume ballot counting Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. ET.
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