Story updated at 11:03 a.m. on Dec. 7
Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has won a full term in the U.S. Senate, defeating Republican football legend Herschel Walker in a campaign that tested Georgia’s position as a purple state and spurred debates about race, celebrity and partisan politics.
Warnock’s victory gives Democrats a 51-49 Senate majority, ending their reliance on the vice president to break ties in an evenly divided chamber and improving the party’s prospects for holding its majority in 2024.
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