Democrats Move Closer To Senate Control As Counting Continues In Georgia

Democrats could take narrow control of the U.S. Senate if Jon Ossoff defeats Republican David Perdue.

Patrick Semansky / AP

Updated at 8:11 a.m. ET

Democrats moved one victory closer to exceedingly narrow control of the Senate on Wednesday after winning one runoff election in Georgia and remaining ahead as votes continue to be counted in another.

Democratic candidate Raphael Warnock, a pastor from Atlanta, defeated GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler after a bitter campaign. Warnock becomes the first Black Democrat elected to the Senate from a Southern state.