Runoff elections for the Senate seat are scheduled for today in the US state of Georgia. A race between Democrat Warnock and Republican Walker.
Washington DC – One month after the Midterm congressional elections in the USA will be in the state Georgia’s runoff for a Senate seat held. Ex-President’s Donald Trump supported former American football star Herschel Walker of the Republicans challenges incumbent Raphael Warnock of the Democratic Party.
Polls predict a very close race, both parties have once again invested a lot in the election campaign in the southern state. Both Midterms of November 8, the Democrats had by President Joe Biden already defended its razor-thin Senate majority. you put in congress in future at least 50 of the 100 senators. Because Vice President Kamala Harris In her role as Senate President, she uses her vote in deadlocks to put the Democrats in control of the upper house.
USA: Runoff election in Georgia could bring majority for the Democrats
Re-election of Raphael Warnock would win the Democrat majority in the senate from the current 50 to 51. Such a mini pad would be the democrats certainly most welcome – especially since they have a right-wing senator in their ranks, Joe Manchin, who has repeatedly blocked Biden’s reform plans. Not having to rely on the power-conscious senator from the state of West Virginia for every vote would make life a lot easier for Biden.
A majority of 51 senators would have supported the Democrats in the USA also the advantage that the committees of the House of Lords would no longer have to be composed of equal numbers. That would also make parliamentary work easier for the ruling party, including the confirmation of important personnel decisions in government and the federal judiciary.
Runoff in Georgia: Republican Walker receives support from Trump
That there is one at all Runoff between Warnock, 53, and Walker, seven years his senior comes is due to Georgia suffrage. The southern state requires a candidate to win more than 50 percent of the vote. Although Warnock landed just ahead of Walker on November 8, he did not reach the 50 percent mark, especially since there was a third candidate in the first ballot.
Democrats, meanwhile, fear their own electorate may not be sufficiently motivated on Election Day because the party already has secure Senate control. Therefore, days before the election, they sent the highly popular ex-president Barack Obama to Georgia to mobilize voters. US President Biden, on the other hand, did not appear in Georgia during the election campaign before the runoff.
Of the republican Walker received just before the Election once again support from his promoter Trump. “Herschel was a great athlete and he will be an even greater United States Senator,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, a platform he co-founded. However, Trump also refrained from a joint campaign appearance before the runoff. (hg/afp)