Peach Tree Times

The race for the Georgia Senate seats between Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler is in the former’s favor, though there is still a possibility of victory for Loeffler.

“As of 2:20 a.m. local time, with 98 percent of precincts reporting, Warnock was ahead by more than 46,500 votes over Loeffler, or 50.4 percent to 49.6 percent. Loeffler has yet to concede the race as of early Wednesday,” the Epoch Times reported.

Before he was projected the winner, Warnock had already announced his victory in a video, vowing to serve.

“So Georgia I am honored by the faith that you’ve shown in me and I promise you this: tonight I am going to the Senate to work for all of Georgia, no matter who you cast your vote for in this election,” he said in the video.

Moments earlier, rival Loeffler had told supporters that they were staying on the path of victory and they were going to win the election.

For David Perdue and Jon Ossoff, the race is yet to be determined with a tight margin between the two. Democrat Ossoff was leading by 50.1 percent against Perdue’s 49.9 percent. Ossoff had 9,500 votes ahead but there were absentee ballots still to be counted in Chatham County and DeKalb County had about 19,000 votes yet to be counted manually due to “technical issues.”

The runoffs were a record breaker, with an estimated 4.5 million ballots cast. The runoff was necessary since none of the four candidates exceeded 50 percent in the Nov. 3 election.

This particular Senate race is important for Democrats who have not won in Georgia since the year 2000. They also need to win both races to have the majority of seats, whereas the Republicans need only one win. Currently Republicans have 50 seats, Democrats have 48 seats counting two independent senators. If Warnock and Ossoff win, each party will have 50 votes. Tie votes will be broken by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, giving Democrats control of the Senate.