Jon Ossoff Wins In Georgia, Democrats Control US Congress

Jon Ossoff bersama Raphael Warnock. (Twitter/@ReverendWarnock)

JAKARTA - The Democrat Party made history by sweeping two Senate seats from the state of Georgia. This was done after Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff won the election there.

Melasir Reuters Thursday 7 January, Ossoff, who is a documentary filmmaker, was able to beat incumbent Republican Senator David Perdue. Ossoff won 50.3 percent of the votes while Perdue won 49.7 percent of the total votes that had entered around 98 percent with a difference of about 35 thousand votes.

The day before, Ossoff's colleague aspiring senator Raphael Warnock had also won a contest with incumbent Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler. Warnock won 50.8 percent of the votes compared to Loeffler's 49.2 percent with a difference of about 70 thousand votes.

Jon Ossof. (Twitter / @ Ossoff)

Both also made history. Warnock will become the first black senator from the State of Georgia. Meanwhile, Ossoff will become the youngest senator at the age of 33.

This victory also made the Democratic Party control the US Congress, both the US Senate and the US House of Representatives. This is the first time in the past decade that the winning party in the US Presidential Election has also controlled the US Congress.