The fate of the US Senate hangs in the balance as two crucial  races in the state of Georgia are headed for a run-off, reported AFP. As neither candidates in both the Senate races from Georgia have polled a minimum of 50% votes as required by state election law, both seats will head for run-off elections in January.

In one of Georgia’s Senate races, Republican David Perdue leads Democrat Jon Ossoff by over 90,000 plus votes but as neither candidate polled the minimum 50% votes, the seat will head for a run-off election in January, reported news media outlet Associated Press.

In the other Senate race from Georgia, Raphael Warnock or the Democratic Party is in lead with 32.9% votes, while Republicans Kelly Loeffler is placed second followed by Doug Collins in third place, as per Associated Press report.

Thirty five Senate seats were up for relection during the 2020 US elections, 12 of which were held by democrats while the remaining were Republican owned. Key figures like Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell, Republican Cory Gardner, Martha McSally, John Cornyn and Doug Jones were all on the ballot asking for reelection in the 2020 US elections. Ahead of the elections, the Republicans were in control of the Senate with a 53-47 majority. 

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With the US Senate up for grabs, Republicans and Democrats alike had to arm wrestle for numerical superiority in the upper house of the Congress, and the two Senate seats up for re-election in Georgia proved to be the game-changers. Both seats now hang in the balance as no candidate has secured the minimum 50% votes as per Georgia state law.

While the Democrats managed to flip two Republican Senate seats winning sizable victories in the state of Arizona and Colorado, the Republicans triumphed in Georgia retaking the senate seat in the conservative stronghold that it had lost in 2018.

In the key Senate races Republican Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell triumphed against Democratic candidate Amy McGrath, winning the spoils by a hefty margin of above four million votes. Ahead of election day, the longest serving US Senator from Kentucky McConnell had a 11 point lead over contender McGrath, as per polling website FiveThirtyEight.

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On election night, McConnell dominated proceedings, securing a whooping 12,32,410 votes, finishing miles ahead of Democratic challenger McGrant.

In other key races, Democrats flipped the Senate seat in Arizona where former astronaut and Democratic candidate Mark Kelly defeated incumbent and Martha McSally. In Colorado, Democrat John Hickenlooper defeated incumbent Cory Gardner in a major boost for the Democratic party.