Democrats win U.S. Senate Seats in Georgia

The results are in for the January 5th General Runoff Election. According to the Georgia Secretary of State’s website with 100% of the 159 counties and 2,656 precincts reporting, the unofficial results with totals that may not include all absentee or provisional votes have Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff winning seats in the U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia.  In the U.S. Senate race for the seat to fill the unexpired term of Johnny Isakson, the Democrat challenger Warnock has 2,231,728 votes to the Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler’s 2,176,999. A difference of over 54,000 votes.  In the other U.S. Senate seat, Democrat challenger Jon Ossoff has 2,213,099 votes to Republican incumbent David Perdue’s 2,195,532. A difference of over 17,000 votes.  Again, these are unofficial results from the Georgia Secretary of State’s website.