2021 United States Senate runoff elections in Georgia

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2021_United_States_Senate_runoff_elections_in_Georgia
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date January 5, 2021
gptkbp:electionCycle 2020–21
gptkbp:electionMethod statewide popular vote
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2021 United States Senate runoff elections in Georgia
gptkbp:impact Gave Democrats 50 seats in Senate, with Vice President as tie-breaker
gptkbp:incumbent_seat_1 gptkb:David_Perdue
gptkbp:incumbent_seat_2 gptkb:Kelly_Loeffler
gptkbp:location gptkb:Georgia_(U.S._state)
gptkbp:notable_for high voter turnout
historic wins for Democratic candidates
first Black U.S. Senator from Georgia (Raphael Warnock)
first Jewish U.S. Senator from Georgia (Jon Ossoff)
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:2020–21_United_States_Senate_elections
gptkbp:party_of_David_Perdue gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:party_of_Jon_Ossoff gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:party_of_Kelly_Loeffler gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:party_of_Raphael_Warnock gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:2020_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Georgia
gptkbp:reason_for_runoff No candidate received a majority in November 2020 general election
gptkbp:resultedIn Democratic Party gaining control of the U.S. Senate
gptkbp:seat_1_candidates gptkb:David_Perdue
gptkb:Jon_Ossoff
gptkbp:seat_2_candidates gptkb:Raphael_Warnock
gptkb:Kelly_Loeffler
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 2
gptkbp:type runoff election
gptkbp:voterTurnout ~4.5 million
gptkbp:winner_seat_1 gptkb:Jon_Ossoff
gptkbp:winner_seat_2 gptkb:Raphael_Warnock
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:2020_United_States_Senate_elections
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6