Published on: 07/12/2022 – 06:12
This is the epilogue to the midterm elections in the United States, where the final seat of the senator in the state of Georgia was at stake. It is won by outgoing Democrat Raphaël Warnock. President Joe Biden’s party consolidates its majority.
With our correspondent in Washington, Guillaume Naudin
This time the tension did not last for several days. Although the victory of Raphael Warnock is short, it arrived in the evening this second round between the two African American candidates. As is so often the case, it was the Democrat who initially took the lead thanks to early voting before things evened out. The Republican Herschel Walker They even fell into the lead at times as the count progressed, but the mostly Democratic urban districts in and around Atlanta eventually made the difference.
The former American football star failed to convince black voters in particular. Despite the Supporting Donald Trumpnor is he getting the results expected in traditional Republican strongholds.
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Encouragement for Biden
Raphaël Warnock will serve as Georgia Senator for the next six years. And that’s no small feat in such a competitive country. This will make it a little more convenient for Democrats to impose their views without relying on the goodwill of any of their own.
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Despite narrowly losing a majority in the House of Representatives, it is the first time since 1962 that the presidential party has broadened its majority in the Senate in the midterm elections. Joe Biden, who is considering a new candidacy, will take that as encouragement. On the other hand, Republicans fared significantly worse than expected. And they probably aren’t done with the reckoning yet.
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