Senate Democrats Now Have a 51-Seat Majority: Here’s What It Means

Senate Democrats Now Have a 51-Seat Majority: Here’s What It Means
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) (R) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) meet Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi (not shown) during a lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 28, 2021. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images
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After news outlets and forecasters called Georgia’s Dec. 6 Senate runoff for Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), it gave Democrats a 51-seat majority in the Senate.

Warnock’s projected victory was narrow. With 99 percent of the estimated vote counted in the race, he led Walker by 50.8 percent to 49.2 percent, according to Edison Research, while The Associated Press featured similar numbers. “Let’s celebrate for a little while on this mountain. Let’s dance because we deserve it. But tomorrow we go back down into the valley to do the work,” Warnock told supporters.
Jack Phillips
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