Political Rewind: Morning After Senate Runoff Election Underlines Record Turnout, Historic Result

Published: Jan. 6, 2021, 3:25 p.m.

Wednesday on Political Rewind:\xa0The Rev. Raphael Warnock has been elected the first African American U.S. senator from Georgia. His victory over Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler puts the Democratic Party\xa0within one seat of capturing a majority in the Senate. Now, the focus turns to the race between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican incumbent David Perdue, where Ossoff holds a small but potentially unbroachable lead over the state\u2019s senior senator.\n\nLate into the night as the Democrats took the lead in both contests, President Donald Trump dipped into his well-worn playbook to unleash a barrage of tweets questioning the integrity of the vote.\n\nPanelists:\n\nDr. Alan Abramowitz \u2014 Professor of Political Science at Emory\n\nGreg Bluestein \u2014 Politics Reporter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\n\nDr. Andra Gillespie \u2014 Professor of Political Science at Emory\n\nMariela Romero \u2014 Journalist and Regional Community Empowerment Director, Univision