While at the presidential level, Joe Biden is leading in Georgia by more than 10,000 votes, in the state House and state Senate, Republicans held their majority.
Democrats flipped one state Senate seat and three state House seats, and Republicans flipped one in the House, for a net gain of three seats between the chambers, though votes are still being tallied in some races.
“The Democrats ran into the strong red wall that we built around our house,” said Speaker Pro-Tempore Jan Jones to the Republican caucus Monday. “We stand here today strongly and firmly in the majority.”
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