Despite Biden’s Lead, Georgia Republicans Held Onto Power In General Assembly

In 2018, Republicans lost 13 state House and Senate seats. After that, Speaker David Ralston said he “resolved that night we would never, ever go through that nightmare again.”

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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.”