As in the 1960s when it played a decisive role in the struggle for civil rights, Georgia once again became the epicenter of political life. Six decades after Martin Luther King, another black pastor has indeed established himself in the media as his distant successor in this southern state which has a third of African-American voters. Democratic Party candidate for the crucial partial senatorial on January 5, Reverend Raphael Warnock, 51, has temporarily left the Ebenezer Church in Atlanta, once co-directed by “MLK”. Like the latter, Warnock “has a dream”: to beat his Republican opponent Kelly Loeffler, 50, a very wealthy “100% Trumpist” businesswoman, who runs a financial company specializing in bitcoins.
The stakes are high. If the pastor wins and his colleague Jon Ossoff wins too (another by-election takes place in the same state on the same day), then the party of future President Joe Biden will catch up in the Senate. Indeed, Republicans currently control 52 out of 100 seats in the Upper House. But if they lose two, the balance of power will be 50-50. However, in the event of a tie, Kamala Harris, vice-president, will have the last word by virtue of her other function provided for by the Constitution: president of the Senate. If this scenario materializes, Republicans will not be able to prevent Joe Biden from implementing his program. Nor to constitute his government, where each appointment is subject to validation by the Senate.
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