US President Joe Biden’s party won an additional Senate seat on Wednesday after Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock managed to retain his seat from Georgia, according to media estimates.
The outgoing senator defeated Republican candidate Herschel Walker, supported by former President Donald Trump. This victory strengthens the very narrow majority enjoyed by Democrats in the Senate, which will allow the president greater influence in the main parliamentary committees.
Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock
The two candidates faced each other in the midterm elections that took place in November, but neither was able to decide the outcome of the first round, so this was the second round between them. These elections bring the curtain down on the presidential mid-term elections.
Additionally, this victory will severely limit the influence of a moderate Democratic senator who has worked to thwart many of the Biden administration’s big plans.
However, this victory does not change the balance of power in Congress, as the Democrats managed to maintain a majority in the Senate, which they lost in the House of Representatives to the Republicans, who, however, hoped to win a much bigger victory than they expected. they have reached at last.
And the state of Georgia, historically considered a Republican, surprised America by preferring Joe Biden to Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential elections, before electing two Democrats to the Senate two months later.
