There is a lot to talk about still in politics after the elections happened in 2020. I can look ahead at the next set of elections from 2021 and even 2022. But there will now be a runoff for both of the senate seats in Georgia that are happening early in 2021, putting the race for the senate into extra innings, hence the name of this blog post. As for me sorting out the next set of posts from doing 2021’s elections, the results of 2020’s elections, and a few other things here and there that are worth mentioning in the election theme that I follow for this blog.
The fate of control of the senate is in control and Democrats will get what they need to, but only if they win both of the senate races that are heading to runoffs. Thus, I’m just focusing on the two Georgia senate races since that’s all that’s left to talk about.
What are the results of the regular race thus far? In the lead up to this next race, David Perdue got 2,458,453 votes and Jon Osoff got 2,371,921 votes. Since neither had more than 50% of the vote, that means there is set to be a runoff between incumbent Republican David Perdue and Democrat Jon Osoff. It is odd that the date of the runoff doesn’t happen until after the start of the new senate term, making it possible that David would have to vacate his seat, at least for a moment. If there would be temporary replacement, that is currently unknown.
One of the notable parts about that race is that there was a viral moment during the debate that had gone on. I don’t have footage of the whole debate, which might be good and interesting. But he’s an article about one of the most notable moments with other parts of the debate mentioned in the link as well.
As for the special election, that is between incumbent Republican Kelly Leoffler and challenge, the Democrat Reverend Raphael Warnock now that we are in the runoff stage. He actually got the most votes in the primary. The main thing against Kelly is the insider trading allegations that are against her. I’m not even sure how she came in second instead of some other Republican or even a Democrat. She was appointed to the vacant seat and only seems to be in here as she has a lot of money to self fund her own campaign.
As stated before, if Democrats fail to win one or both of the elections, they will not be able to gain control of the senate. If they win both, there will be a 50/50 split between parties. I would have to endorse both Jon Osoff and Raphael Warnock in both elections. If you live in Georgia, I would have to recommend that you vote for both of them. As for any donations, do what you want to as I’ve already donate what I’m going to for both races.
I do have to wonder how much influence Trump could have on this election as this could be the first after his era is over, but might not be as he will still be in office. As for what posts might happen yet, I know currently some of what I will cover (and I’ll have to cover the results of all that have been covered in this blog thus far, with a few others here and there), but do not know for sure what order they will appear in yet. Stayed tuned for posts and know that if the when of when I update this blog changes, I should let you know when it happens.
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