(CNN) – Two very important second world elections in Georgia will determine which party controls the United States Senate.
Democrats Jon Ossoff and rapporteur Raphael Warnock will be able to draw on current Republican senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, respectively.
The contingents will determine if the Republicans maintain Senado’s control, which will greatly affect the type of legislation that President-elect Joe Biden will have to approve in the chamber once a week has taken the cargo to the finals of this month.
If Ossoff and Warnock win the election, the Senate will support 50-50 Republicans and Democrats. Elected Vice President Kamala Harris to act as a vote of dissent, which gives control of the Senate to the Democrats. If the Republicans win one or the other, the Republican Party will take control of the Senate.
Biden, who won in Georgia in the presidential election, has President Donald Trump at the helm to run the campaign for his party’s candidates.
It’s what I need to know about CNN’s electoral coverage.
Why do you have second world elections?
According to state statistics, Senate elections advance to a second if no candidate wins more than 50% of the vote. This is the case of Georgia’s scans at the Senate of the United States after the November elections. Lose 49.73% of the votes cast and Ossoff receives 47.95%. For its part, Warnock received 32.9% compared to Loeffler’s 25.91% in the special election.
Who are the candidates?
Kelly Loeffler
In December 2019, Kelly Loeffler was appointed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp to occupy the Senate that previously occupied Republican Johnny Isakson. This is the ultimate in health problems. Loeffler, who took over the cargo in 2020, was a new politician, a Republican donor and a bargaining chip.
Is an executive of a financial services company in Atlanta, but has been able to serve in the Senate. También is known as the owner of the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA. She was considered a postman for the Senate in 2014.
Loeffler moved to Warnock.
Raphael Warnock
Warnock, a Democrat, is the principal pastor of the historic Iglesia Bautista Ebenezer of Atlanta, who for a long time has been a refugee for the sake of the freedom of blacks. El Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ‘s environment and co-pastor of the Iglesia Bautista Ebenezer with his father in 1960.
In the video that announced his candidacy last year, Warnock describes his truck from the Kayton Homes of Savannah living project to the pulpit.
“Some may ask why a pastor should serve in the Senate,” said Warnock. “I always thought my impact was not kept in the gate of the church. De hecho, ahí es donde comienza ».
Jon Ossoff
Ossoff, a Democrat, joined the National Family during a special election in the 2017 House of Representatives that saw the recent political crackdown on a conservatory in Georgia. Finally, Republican Karen Handel lost sight of what is currently the most cherished career of the Chamber of Deputies.
Ossoff describes himself in the same way as the web site of his campaign as a media executive, investigative periodical and owner of a small business. He began working with a BBC expert, Ron McCullagh, in 2013, while using the money from a herenia to buy a stake in the McCullagh Investigation Cinematographic Company and the renowned Insight TWI, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The company has produced documentaries about massive assassinations and sexual enslavement by ISIS, and a juvenile corruption investigation in Ghana.
Ossoff intends to launch Perdue.
David Perdue
Perdue, a close ally of Trump, resigned as Georgia’s senator since his 2014 election.
Perdue has been a member of the Committees of Armored Services, Bank, Presbytery and External Relations, following its website of the Senate.
Never posted to a public cargo before 2014, following its Senado web site. The posters for the cargo were the executive president of the Reebok sports brand and the Dollar General tithes.
The mandate of Perdue technically expelled the domingo when a new Congress vacated its position, giving its vacancy a temporary vacancy, says Sydney Butler, chief of staff of the Senate Secretariat, who oversees the operations and procedures of the Chamber. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s and Perdue’s officials say the project is included as March winner, the permanent job will be held to certify the results of the second week, which will take place as early as this week.
What does CNN’s coverage mean?
CNN’s coverage of the second commencement of the election will begin at 4:00 PM ET on March. Sintoniza CNN or CNN International, has available devices for the CNN for iOS and Android, the equipment for the CNNgo for Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, Chromecast and Android TV. También told the election in vivo of CNN and CNN.com. We also cover the work of CNN in Spanish and CNNEE.com.
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