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Warnock, Ossoff win in Georgia, handing Dems Senate control

TUCKER, GA - JUNE 20: Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff visits a campaign office to speak with volunteers and supporters on Election Day as he runs for Georgia's 6th Congressional District on June 20, 2017 in Tucker, Georgia. Mr. Ossoff is running in a special election against the Republican candidate Karen Handel to replace Tom Price, who is now the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The election will fill a congressional seat that has been held by a Republican since the 1970s. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) — Getty Images

By Zachary Aedo

Published January 6, 2021 2:26 PM

ATLANTA (AP) -- Democrats have won both Georgia Senate seats - and with them, the U.S. Senate majority.

That's a stunning defeat for President Donald Trump in his final days in office and it dramatically improves the fate of President-elect Joe Biden’s progressive agenda.

Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, Democratic challengers who represented the diversity of their party’s evolving coalition, defeated Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler.

The twin victories Wednesday end nearly two decades in which Democrats have been shut out of statewide victories in Georgia. Biden became the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state since 1992.

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