He’s up over Perdue about 16,000 votes in the Georgia US Senate runoff election….
Democrat Jon Ossoff declared victory in one of Georgia’s two Senate runoff elections Wednesday morning as tallies showed him leading incumbent Republican David Perdue by just over 16,000 votes.
Should his lead hold over Perdue, whose Senate term ended Sunday, Ossoff would be the youngest member of the upper chamber. Democrats would also control the Senate for the next two years following Raphael Warnock’s win in Georgia’s other runoff on Tuesday.
The Associated Press, which has not yet called the race, noted that 98 percent of the votes cast have been counted….
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AP calls Ossoff the winner against Perdue…
Wall Street journal
Breaking: Jon Ossoff won Georgia’s other Senate runoff, the AP says. Democrats will control Congress for the first time in a decade, boosting prospects for Joe Biden’s agenda.
ANNE LAMOTT
@ANNELAMOTT
Ossoff won by 36,000, more than .5%, so no recount.