Warnock victory

Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a Georgia runoff election yesterday, ensuring Democrats an outright majority in the Senate for the rest of President Joe Biden’s term and helping cap an underwhelming midterm cycle for the Republican Party in the last major vote of the year. With Warnock’s second runoff victory in as many years, Democrats will have a 51:49 Senate majority, gaining a seat from the current 50:50 split with John Fetterman’s victory in Pennsylvania. Democrats’ outright Senate majority means the party won’t have to rely on Vice-President Kamala Harris to break tie votes.