Democrats took control of the Senate for the first time since 2015, as Vice President Kamala Harris swore in her appointed successor, Alex Padilla, as well as Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, who won their races in Georgia earlier this month.
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Georgia Senate candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock, speaking at a drive-in rally in Savannah on Sunday, took aim at his GOP opponent Sen.
Kelly Loeffler, whom he accused of "scandalizing" his name. "She’s been busy, as we say in church, calling me everything but a child of God.
Lying on me, misrepresenting my record," said Warnock, who has served as a senior pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta since 2005. It is the same church where Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. preached.
Democrats took control of the Senate for the first time since 2015, as Vice President Kamala Harris swore in her appointed successor, Alex Padilla, as well as Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, who won their races in Georgia earlier this month.
Sen.-elect Raphael Warnock was able to pull out a victory on Tuesday despite a long list of resurfaced comments and incidents that the Loeffler campaign capitalized on in the weeks leading up to the election. Warnock, D-Ga., came under fire for, among other things, repeatedly defending controversial pastor Jeremiah Wright after his "God Damn America" sermon surfaced in the 2008 presidential election.
Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler conceded to Democrat Raphael Warnock late Thursday, after months of high-stakes campaigning for the Georgia Senate seat. Loeffler said she called Warnock earlier in the day to congratulate him on his historic win.
Alyssa Milano celebrated the Democratic wins in the Georgia Senate runoff race by immediately taking to Twitter to encourage the government to pass four pieces of legislation. The actress and activist has been an outspoken critic of the Donald Trump administration and routinely amplifies the voice of his Democratic opponents, including Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, who earned victories over Republicans in the race Wednesday.
Democrat Jon Ossoff defeated Republican former Sen. David Perdue in a bitterly contentious Senate race in Georgia, a win that along with Rev.
There’s no shortage of drama on “The View” this week.
Barack Obama has praised Raphael Warnock following his election victory as Georgia’s next US senator.The Democrat and pastor defeated Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler to become the first Black senator in the state’s history.It means the Democrats are now one step closer to controlling the Senate following the victory, with fellow Democrat Jon Ossoff’s also tipped for victory.Two Senate seats were up for grabs in special run-offs, with overall control of the chamber for the next two years
Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling blamed Sen. Kelly Loeffler's runoff loss on President Trump’s battle to overturn the presidential election during a Wednesday press conference.
It’s been an eventful week at work for Meghan McCain, who returned to The View on Monday following the birth of her first child in September. During the January 6 episode, Meghan was abruptly silenced by moderator Whoopi Goldberg while attempting to grill Georgia Senator-Elect Raphael Warnock about his stance on “packing the Supreme Court with more members.” — Before Warnock could reply, Whoopi chimed in to cut to a commercial break, which made Meghan appear visibly frustrated.
Democrats moved a step closer to taking control of the Senate on Wednesday after winning one of two critical runoff elections in Georgia, with Rev.
Black voters and those under age 45 helped Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock unseat Republican incumbent U.S. Sen.
U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., encouraged her supporters to "keep fighting" early Wednesday, refusing to concede her Senate runoff election despite her opponent, Democrat Raphael Warnock, claiming victory.
President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming chief of staff Ron Klain mocked Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler early Wednesday, while vote counts were still underway in the Georgia runoffs, for announcing her plan to object to the certification of Biden's win in November's presidential election.
As Georgians choose their two U.S. Senators in the January 5th runoff elections, the stakes could not be greater. If Democratic challengers Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff defeat incumbent Republican Sens.
The future of America is at stake Tuesday in Georgia and voters have a very simple choice.
Two Georgia Democratic Senate hopefuls have been accusing Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, of "campaigning with a Klansman," which she has denied.