Loeffler thanked her fans in a video, saying she called Warnock to congratulate her. She also promised that she would continue to be politically active.
“I fully intend to stay in this fight for freedom, for our values and for the future of this great country,” Loeffler said.
It took a while before Loeffler came to this place. Her defeat was evident on election night when she left Warnock with tens of thousands of votes, but the Republican told supporters she believed she still had a way to a victory before boasting that she was on her way to Washington to object. make against the score of the Electoral College. votes in Congress. News organizations called the Warnock race early Wednesday morning
Loeffler initially objected to the outcome of the election college before violence and chaos descended on the American Capitol after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the building. After the Senate reconvened, she changed her mind and said she would no longer object to the outcome of the presidential election in her state.
In the other runoff of the state in the Senate, CNN projected that Democrat Jon Ossoff defeated the current president of the GOP, David Perdue. Perdue has not yet conceded, but with more than 40,000 votes with 99% of the vote. The victory margin for Ossoff is currently outside the margin that can reflect the results.
The twin victories for Democrats will give the party control of the U.S. Senate, with elected Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the ties in the chamber.