Democrats aim to seize outright Senate majority in Georgia runoff

05/12/2022 08:00 The Guardian

The contest between Raphael Warnock and Trump-backed Herschel Walker will decide if Democrats maintain their majorityLast month Democrats secured control of the US Senate, keeping their fragile hold on power with 50 seats and vice president Kamala Harris as the tie-breaking vote. Yet winning the Georgia runoff election on Tuesday would deliver Democrats more than just a single Senate seat: it would finally give them an outright majority.The contest between Democratic senator Raphael Warnock and his scandal-plagued and Trump-backed Republican challenger, Herschel Walker, will determine whether the Democrats retain their 50-50 majority in the Senate, the narrowest possible balance of power, or whether they will expand it. Continue reading...

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