Senate runoffs are being held today in Georgia, due to a peculiar state law which says that if no candidate gets over 50 per cent of the vote (as neither seat did in November), the top two go on to a second round. It’s the first time ever that two Senate runoffs are being held on the same day – and the first time a runoff will decide which party controls the Senate. Polls close at 7pm local time (midnight in the UK), with results coming in the following hours, though the large volume of mail-in votes, as in November, could mean a close race remains uncalled for days.
Both seats seem too close to call – but it wasn’t meant to be like this. Joe Biden has been the President Elect for almost two months. In any normal universe, a Republican Senate campaign in the tightest of swing states would focus squarely on the need to check the more liberal instincts of the incoming administration, especially now the Senate majority is at stake.
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