Updated at 5:06 p.m. ET
Democrats officially took control of the Senate as Georgia’s two new Democratic senators-elect were sworn in Wednesday afternoon, cementing a 50-50 split, with Vice President Kamala Harris serving as the tie-breaking vote in her new role as president of the the Senate.
Harris administered the oath of office to Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff hours after her own swearing in.
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