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Senate race in Georgia may be headed to runoff

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 9 Nov 2022 14:11

After candidates for the US Senate midterm elections in the state of Georgia failed to reach the 50% mark a runoff elections is expected according to the rules of the state.

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    Democrat candidate Raphael Warnock (L) and Republican candidate Herschel Walker head to head in the Georgia US Senate election.

The ballot count results in the state of Georgia suggest that the senate elections are expected to undergo another round that normally takes place on December 6, after none of the candidates failed to acquire 50 percent of the vote.

Infograph: Precedents set in the 2022 midterms

After counting 98 percent of the votes, both the Republican and Democrat candidates have so far fallen short of the 50 percent mark.

Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate, acquired so far a 48.6 percent count while the Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock led with 49.3 percent.   

"We are not sure if this journey is over today or if there is still a little work yet to do," Warnock said to his supporters.

Read more: Republicans gain edge as vote count underway

According to local rules in the state of Georgia, if running candidates fail to reach the 50 percent mark, a runoff election is required to settle the race.

The result in the state comes at a time when the schism between Democrats and Republicans is widening even further, while the race for control of the senate is becoming more fierce where both parties are fighting to a very slim majority in the Upper House of the US Congress.

As the battle between the two ruling parties intensifies, a surprising turn of events came today in the state of Pennsylvania after Democratic candidate John Fetterman snatched the Senate seat from his Republican opponent Dr. Mehmet Oz after the position previously belonged to Republican Senator Pat Toomey.

Read more: Guide into US' most polarized Midterm Elections

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US Midterm Elections 2022

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The US midterm elections will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. The Elections come at a time when the schism between Democrats and Republicans is widening even further, while the balance of power in both the House and the Senate is up for grabs.

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