Democrats to take Senate as Ossoff wins runoff, CNN projects

The Democratic Party will take control of Congress for the first time in a decade, after Democrats the Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff won their Senate runoffs in Georgia, CNN projected Wednesday.

The election results have provoked whiplash in Washington, which saw Republicans in November make gains in the House and hold onto Senate control.

But now Georgia gives President-elect Joe Biden the power to push through Cabinet nominations without Republican support and potentially enact sweeping, liberal legislation.

A new debate over Biden's agenda is already beginning following Warnock's defeat of Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler on Tuesday, making him the first Black senator elected in Georgia. Ossoff, 33, will be the state's first-ever Jewish senator, and the Senate will be split 50-50, with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris breaking tie votes.