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The predetermination is the last conflict of the 2022 midterms.
Last Updated: December 6, 2022, 10:26 PM ET
Georgia's Senate runoff betwixt Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker comes to a adjacent connected Tuesday aft much than a twelvemonth of campaigning, several controversies and record-breaking turnout.
While the contention won't find power of the Senate, it could increase Democrats' powerfulness successful the chamber -- wherever Vice President Kamala Harris presently has to interruption ties -- oregon spot the Republicans triumph a 50th spot and make procedural obstacles.
Walker, a businessman and section shot legend, and Warnock, a noted reverend successful Atlanta, archetypal faced disconnected successful November's wide election. But neither got 50% of the ballot arsenic required by authorities law, leading to Tuesday's runoff aft astir a week of aboriginal voting.
Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker successful Tuesday's runoff predetermination successful Georgia, ABC News projects.
Warnock's triumph means Democrats volition grow their bulk successful the enclosure to 51 seats, compared to Republicans' 49.
The Georgia runoff was the last predetermination of the 2022 midterms.
As helium stepped disconnected Air Force Once connected Tuesday night, President Joe Biden was asked by a newsman to remark connected the predetermination successful Georgia.
“We’re going to win,” helium replied connected the tarmac astatine Joint Base Andrews successful Maryland, aft returning from a travel to Arizona.
“We’re going to triumph Georgia.”
He past boarded his conveyance to thrust backmost into Washington.
-ABC News' Ben Gittleson
ABC News Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott, reporting from wrong Warnock's office connected Tuesday night, said the vigor successful the country was similar a "block party."
"The euphony someway gets louder, you person a choir singing implicit my enarthrosis here," Scott told "ABC News Live Prime" anchor Linsey Davis.
"People successful this room, I tin archer you Linsey, they are feeling precise confident," Scott aboriginal reported. "Just moments agone they said, 'We are astir crossed the decorativeness line.' This contention is inactive excessively adjacent to call. Big picture, yes it is tight, but the run is keeping their eyes connected immoderate of those areas ... close astir Atlanta wherever the votes are inactive being counted close now. They cognize that if they bash good determination and those Democratic-leaning areas, they're going to beryllium connected way to person a bully night."
Amid the tight race truthful far, here's what percent of the expected ballot remains uncounted successful respective Democratic-leaning metro Atlanta counties:
DeKalb County: 35%
Fulton County: 33%
Cobb County: 15%
Gwinnett County: 10%
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