After the outcome of the presidential race becomes more clear, the a lot of political focus will shift to Georgia. It appears both Senate races in the state will be heading for a runoff. Democrat Raphael Warnock wasted no time releasing an ad for what he is calling, round 2.
Get Ready Georgia. Round 2. January 5, 2021. pic.twitter.com/F0RN7fWVUL
— Reverend Raphael Warnock (@ReverendWarnock) November 5, 2020
Warnock will face Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler. It is all but certain that the race between Republican incumbent David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff will also head to the runoff. Ossoff realizes the enormity of what is on the horizon. If he and Warnock can both win in January, it would change the balance of power the Senate.
The future of the Senate is at stake.
We can’t let up –– not for one moment.
Help us win: https://t.co/zi5Wxg0VYr pic.twitter.com/SMwstMFvK0
— Jon Ossoff (@ossoff) November 6, 2020
If Democrats can’t shift the balance of power in the Senate, there is speculation that the Senate Majority Leader will block everything on the Democrat’s agenda, starting day one. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) told Politico:
“Mitch McConnell will force Joe Biden to negotiate every single cabinet secretary, every single district court judge, every single U.S. attorney with him. My guess is we’ll have a constitutional crisis pretty immediately.”
It’s with this in mind, that Democrats will put a lot of emphasis into the next 10 weeks on the ground in Georgia. A lot of credit has been given to Stacey Abrams efforts in the Peach State and now eyes turn to her to help with this big task.
Stacey Abrams registered 800,000 new voters in GA. It’s time to stop asking what your country can do for you, and time to ask what you can do for Stacey Abrams. I for one will do everything I can to help flip those two Senate seats in January. Who’s with me!?
— Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) November 6, 2020
Democrats know this won’t be easy, Politico writes:
It will be an uphill battle for Democrats in particular, who will need to juice voter turnout for the runoffs, which historically see lower voter participation rates.
But the sky-high stakes of the twin races — neither Republicans nor Democrats secured a Senate majority after Election Day — paired with the huge sums of cash expected to flow into the state are certain to make them competitive.
https://twitter.com/schwartzbCNBC/status/1324450039918460929
The Lincoln Project released its first ad relating to the run-off Friday.
https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1324758007020949506
Watch what else Warnock told MSNBC about the upcoming race.