Local political strategist react to senator Raphael Warnock’s re-election

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Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock stands with his mother Verlene Warnock and his daughter Chloe during an election night watch party. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

Senator Raphael Warnock defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff on Tuesday.

Democrats now have a 51-49 Senate majority in the U.S. Senate.

On Wednesday’s edition of “Closer Look” Julianne Thompson, a Republican strategist and the president of Main Street Network Strategies, and Fred Hicks, an Atlanta-based political strategist and analyst, discuss the latest on voter turnout and what Warnock’s win means for the country.