Former Sen. David Perdue conceded his runoff race for Georgia’s Senate seat to Democrat Jon Ossoff on Friday, congratulating his opponent for the win. “Although we won the general election, we came up just short of Georgia’s 50% rule, and now I want to congratulate...
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Democrat Jon Ossoff WINS his election in Georgia – securing Democrats control of the Senate
Democrats captured control of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday when Jon Ossoff defeated GOP Sen. David Perdue in a Georgia Senate runoff, in a victory that hands a major win to President-elect Joe Biden. Ossoff, 33, knocked off Republican Sen. David Perdue, who had said...
Ossoff scores victory over Perdue in Senate runoff
Democrats’ twin victories in Georgia have huge implications for President-elect Joe Biden’s legislative agenda, as he will not be forced to navigate a Republican Senate and negotiate with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell during the opening years of his administration. The Georgia results also represent a...
Jon Ossoff defeats incumbent David Perdue to become Georgia’s next senator
Ossoff, the CEO of a media production company that specializes in investigative documentaries, first came to political prominence in Georgia when he ran against Karen Handel in a special election to fill Georgia’s 6th Congressional district after that seat was vacated by Rep. Tom Price...
US protests LIVE: Trump supporters storm Capitol building; Georgia-runoff between Ossoff and Perdue still under way
Washington: The United States Senate and House of Representatives have been evacuated after furious supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol Building to halt the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. The US capital descended into chaos after a massive security breach allowed dozens...
Georgia election live: Jon Ossoff extends lead as Democrats near Senate control
Biden selected Garland over former Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) and former deputy attorney general Sally Yates, choosing to elevate the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals in D.C. to run the Justice Department. … In a Republican-controlled Senate, Jones was viewed as...
Ossoff claims victory as Georgia Senate race against Perdue remains too close to call
Democrat Jon Ossoff on Wednesday morning claimed victory over Georgia Republican David Perdue in a critical runoff election that will determine which party controls the Senate, even as the race remains too close to call. “It is with humility that I thank the people of Georgia...
Zach Braff lobbies to play Jon Ossoff on ‘Saturday Night Live’ amid Georgia Senate runoff election
Zach Braff is lobbying to play Georgia Senate candidate Jon Ossoff on “Saturday Night Live.” Like the rest of the country, the 45-year-old actor spent Tuesday closely watching the U.S. Senate runoff race in Georgia between Raphael Warnock and Kelly Loeffler as well as David...
Georgia Sen. Perdue blasts Ossoff over payments by China-backed ‘propaganda’ company: ‘He got caught’
Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., has accused his opponent in next week’s runoff election, Democrat Jon Ossoff, of lying by failing to disclose his business ties to the Chinese Communist Party. During an exchange Thursday with Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy, Ossoff described charges that he knowingly failed to disclose compensation from...
Loeffler slams ‘pathological liar’ Ossoff over false claim she campaigned with White supremacist
Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., called Georgia Democratic Senate hopeful Jon Ossoff a “pathological liar” Thursday for his false claim she had “campaigned” with a member of the Ku Klux Klan. “Georgia knows that Jon Ossoff is a pathological liar. He’s a trust fund socialist whose only job...