Warnock Defeats Walker in Hard-Fought Georgia Senate Runoff Election

Georgia Democratic Senate candidate U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) waves to supporters as he walks on stage to speak during an election night watch party at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta on Dec. 6, 2022. Win McNamee/Getty Images

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) won reelection on Dec. 6 in Georgia’s Senate runoff—a victory that will give the Democrats a 51–49 margin in the chamber.

AP, Fox News, and CNN all called the race for Warnock around 10:30 p.m. on Dec. 6, with 94 percent of the vote counted and Warnock showing a 41,000 lead, about 1.2 percent. Then, at 12:17 a.m. on Dec. 7, the state reported Warnock ahead by 90,000 votes, about 2.5 percent, with more than 99 percent of the vote counted.