Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia's two Senate runoffs today, becoming the first black senator in his state's history and putting the Senate majority within the Democrats' reach. Elections workers at the Fulton County Georgia elections warehouse check in voting machine memory cards that store ballots following the Senate runoff election in Atlanta today. Trump's claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election, while meritless, resonated with Republican voters in Georgia. AP VoteCast found that six in 10 Georgia voters say Senate party control was the most important factor in their vote. Helen Thomason marks her ballot at the Lawrenceville Road United Methodist Church in Tucker, Georgia, during the Senate runoff election this morning.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 06, 2021 07:22 UTC