It looks increasingly possible that Joe Biden wins Georgia. He trails Trump by about 40,000 votes with about 122,000 votes from Atlanta, Savannah and Augusta. Mean a net of about 30,000 votes for Jon Ossoff could force a run-off in that race, meaning that there will be two Senate run-offs in Georgia. The other will feature the Reverend Raphael Warnock, the former pastor at MLK's church. The opportunity to send the first African American to the Senate from Georgia should keep Black voters motivated. Control of the Senate should engage Atlanta's white professional class. The Trumpenproletariat. however, will not have their Mango Messiah on the ballot.
If Biden wins GA, he's president. But he can win that in PA and/or NV at this point.
Ossoff and Warnock are the keys to the Senate. (Unless they find 100,000 missing ballots for Cal Cunningham in NC.)
A 50/50 Senate means McConnell can't stymie legislation. It's everything.
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