Senate Majority Leader Schumer ‘So Happy’ About Warnock Win in Georgia

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks at a press conference on the Senate Democrats expanded majority for the next 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Dec. 7, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) celebrated after incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock’s (D-Ga.) win in the Georgia Senate runoff, saying Democrats are “so happy” about the victory.

Schumer made the remark during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, where he highlighted Warnock’s win over Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a close race.