With more than 80 percent of votes in, Decision Desk reports that for the second time in less than two years, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D–Ga.) prevailed in a runoff election. Warnock's opponent, football star Herschel Walker, narrowly lost.
First elected to the Senate in a special election runoff in January 2021, Warnock has now earned a full six-year term. His victory also guarantees that not only did Democrats avoid a "red wave," but they actually gained a seat in the upper chamber.
Currently, the Senate is tied at 50 seats per party, with Vice President Kamala Harris being one of the most active tiebreakers in U.S. history. With John Fetterman's win against Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania, Republicans' dreams of retaking the Senate were dashed, and the best they could have hoped for in potentially flipping Warnock's seat was to maintain the status quo.
