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Democrats Win Key US Senate Runoff With Second Georgia Race Too Close to Call

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   Control of the U.S. Senate hung in the balance Wednesday with the
   result of one of two runoff elections in the southern state of Georgia
   still too close to call.

   Democrats moved closer to regaining control of the chamber with the
   Rev. Raphael Warnock's projected defeat of Sen. Kelly Loeffler in one
   of Tuesday's elections.

   U.S. media organizations called the race with Warnock leading Loeffler
   by more than 40,000 votes and nearly all ballots counted.

   "We were told that we couldn't win this election, but tonight we proved
   that with hope, hard work and the people by our side, anything is
   possible," Warnock said in a message to his supporters late Tuesday.

   In the second election, Democrat Jon Ossoff, a television documentary
   producer, led by more than 12,000 votes over Republican David Perdue,
   who was seeking a second six-year term in office.

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