Democrats have won both Georgia Senate seats — and with them, the US Senate majority — as the final votes were counted in the state. Expand Close Raphael Warnock (Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP) AP/PA Images / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Raphael Warnock (Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP)Mr Warnock, who served as pastor for the same Atlanta church where civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr preached, becomes the first African American from Georgia elected to the Senate. And Mr Ossoff becomes the state’s first Jewish senator and, at 33 years old, the Senate’s youngest member. In an emotional address early on Wednesday, Mr Warnock vowed to work for all Georgians whether they voted for him or not, citing his personal experience with the American dream. “Tonight, we proved with hope, hard work and the people by our side, anything is possible.”PA Media

Source: Irish Independent January 06, 2021 21:46 UTC