Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, alongside Joe Biden.
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Amid the chaos on Capitol Hill in Washington, the announcement almost went unnoticed.
Democrat Jon Ossoff won the second senatorial in Georgia, according to US media projections.
Enough to allow Joe Biden and his party to regain control of the Senate on January 20.
The victory of Jon Ossoff, after that of Raphael Warnock in the other partial senatorial in Georgia, as well as the control of the House of Representatives, ensure to the future president the control of the legislative process.
Joe Biden will thus be able to imprint his policy in a more profound and effective way.
No recount in sight
Democrats will have 50 seats in the Senate, like Republicans.
But as the constitution provides, future vice-president Kamala Harris will have the power to decide the votes, and therefore tip the scales on the Democratic side.
Documentary producer Jon Ossoff won the second Senate with a lead of nearly 35,000 votes over incumbent Republican Senator David Perdue, a 0.8% margin, on 98% of the ballots counted, according to NBC and ABC.
It will therefore avoid a recount (which a candidate can request if the difference is less than 0.5%).
In a statement Wednesday morning, he had already claimed his victory: "Georgia, thank you for the trust you have placed in me", he then declared in a brief speech.
At 33, Jon Ossoff will become the youngest Democratic senator since… Joe Biden in 1973. Raphael Warnock, pastor of an Atlanta church where Martin Luther King officiated, will also make history by becoming the first black senator elected in this southern state.
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