US Democratic Party’Triple Crown’ after 12 years… The White House and the House of Representatives take control of the Senate

The Democratic Party of the United States won both seats in the runoff ballot to elect the Georgian federal senator. It is expected that the Democratic Party will take up the majority of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and will strengthen the administration of the state administration of President-elect Joe Biden, who takes office on the 20th.

On the 6th (local time), the New York Times (NYT) and other US media reported that Democratic candidate Rafael Warnock (51) defeated the incumbent Republican Rep. Kelly Leppler, and Democrat John Osoff (33) also won Republican David Purdue. It reported that the election was confirmed.

According to NYT, in the 99% counting situation, Candidate Osoff won with 50.4% of the votes and 0.8 percentage points (35,613 votes) ahead of Congressman Purdue (49.6%).

Candidate Warnock, who was sure to win the election early, beat Republican Congressman Kelly Leppler (49.2%) by 1.6 percentage points (73,404 votes) with a 50.8% vote.

With the Democratic Party taking two seats from the Senate in Georgia, the number of Republicans and Democrats tied 50-50. In addition, the Democratic Party led the Senate as the vice-president, who also serves as the chairman of the Senate, took over the right of’casting boat’. It has been six years since the Obama administration in 2013-2015 that the Democratic Party dominated the Senate.

The next administration of Joe Biden is expected to gain momentum in promoting policy by winning the presidential election and forming a’triple crown’ that simultaneously dominates the House and Senate. It has been 12 years since 2009, during the Barack Obama administration, that the Democratic Party has won the White House and both the Senate and House.

The Senate has tremendous power in legislative, public official approval, and budget deliberation. However, it is analyzed that this Congress may be difficult for the Democratic Party to deal with the same number of seats in the Senate. This is because more than 60 people must vote in the procedural ballot for the proposal of major legislation. The Associated Press predicted that “without cooperation between Democrats and Republicans, Biden will not be able to get everything he wants.”

Two Democratic senators who were conquered in Georgia, which used to be a Republican garden, also won the title of’first’.

Candidate Warnock, a pastor, became the first black federal senator in the history of Georgia, a Republican garden.

Candidate Warnock said, “This is the United States,” saying, “The 82-year-old Son, who was picking cotton in someone’s field, went to the polling place a few days ago and elected his youngest son to be a senator.”

The 33-year-old candidate Osoff became the second youngest Democratic senator after President-elect Joe Biden, who was elected to the senator 38 years ago at the age of 29.

The mother of Candidate Osoff is an immigrant from Australia, and three years ago, she participated as a member of the promotion committee for the establishment of the’Peace Girl Award’ in Atlanta, and has actively sought the rights of immigrants. Local media reported that Candidate Osoff was also influenced by his mother and showed much interest in the human rights of minority immigrants.

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