Atlanta (USA), Nov 9 (EFE).- The seat of the state of Georgia in the United States Senate that is at stake, crucial to configure the majority of the Upper House, will be decided in a second round December following no candidate has reached 50% of the vote.
According to media projections, the Democratic candidate, the Rev. Raphael Warnock, and the Republican, former American football player Herschel Walker, were practically tied with regarding 49% of the vote. The other 2% went to a third candidate, the libertarian Chase Oliver.
The outcome of Tuesday’s midterm elections in the states of Georgia, Nevada and Arizona will determine whether Democrats retain a majority in the Senate or Republicans take control of the House, which would make things very difficult for President Joe Biden.
If the current trend of the count continues, Nevada would be painted Republican red and Arizona Democratic blue, so the Georgia runoff will be the decisive contest.
It is not the first time that Georgia has left the United States in suspense. Two years ago, Biden narrowly won Donald Trump in this southern state, something the former Republican president used to falsely denounce voter fraud and force a recount.
That year, in addition, the Senate seat for the state also had to be defined in a second round, which finally went to the Democrats.
Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock, who is running for re-election, told supporters at an Atlanta hotel last night that he has “good feelings” and, referring to his profession as a Baptist reverend, asked them to “keep the faith.”
The profile of the Republican candidate is more controversial. Walker, a Trump protégé, is a former football star who has campaigned once morest abortion despite two women accusing him of financing their abortion.
“I have not come here to lose,” Walker exclaimed to his faithful on election night.
Control of the United States Congress remains pending following tight elections in which the Democratic Party managed to stem the Republican wave predicted by the polls and in which several more extremist candidates blessed by Trump suffered a setback.
In Georgia, by contrast, Republican Governor Brian Kemp, estranged from Trump since he rejected his allegations of fraud in the state, won his re-election comfortably once morest Democrat Stacey Abrams, a well-known activist for the rights of African-Americans.
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