Jon Ossoff

Hours after being sworn in to office, Vice President Kamala Harris performed one of her first official duties, swearing in Senators Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and her own successor, Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif.

Three new senators were sworn into office Wednesday after President Joe Biden’s inauguration, securing the majority for Democrats in the Senate and across a unified government to tackle the new president’s agenda at a time of unprecedented national challenges. In a first vote, the Senate confirmed Biden’s nominee for Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines. Senators worked into the...

Georgia’s secretary of state has certified the results of the two U.S. Senate runoff elections

Rev. Raphael Warnock became the first Black Georgian elected to the U.S Senate, and 33-year-old Jon Ossoff became the state’s first Jewish senator. LX News welcomed the founder of The John Lewis Bridge Project, Michael Starr Hopkins, to talk about the road the late Congressman John Lewis paved for their historic victories.

Democratic control of the U.S. Senate has come one step closer to fruition after Georgia Republican David Perdue conceded his runoff loss to Democrat Jon Ossoff

Now the projected victors have been declared and the dust begins to settle following the Georgia Senate runoff races you may be asking yourself a simple question. What does it all mean?

Jon Ossoff secured both a personal victory and an even bigger victory for the Democratic Party Wednesday as he was named the projected winner of his Georgia Senate runoff. Here are a few things to know about the incoming senator. Ossoff, 33, will be the youngest Democratic senator since Joe Biden in 1973. He will also become the state’s first…

The man elected to be Georgia’s first Black senator calls his story one that could only happen in America.

The nation’s capitol is on high alert as thousands of pro-Trump supporters descend on D.C. to protest Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s presidential victory. At least 13 Republican senators and dozens in the House plan to object. This, as both parties continue to fight over Georgia’s runoff elections, with the fate of the Senate in the balance.

Republican David Perdue conceded the Senate runoff race to Democrat Jon Ossoff on Friday. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., conceded to Rev. Raphael Warnock on Thursday.

Rev. Raphael Warnock won his Senate runoff race against incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., NBC News projects. This makes Warnock Georgia’s first Black senator.

More than 120,000 Georgians who did not vote in November have cast ballots in the state’s hotly-contested U.S. Senate runoff election. Some of those are first-time voters, including some who just turned 18. NBCLX storyteller Chase Cain breaks down this wildcard group, and also explains how voter exhaustion and race may also play a role in the election results.

Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling said Tuesday he expects results in the state’s Senate runoff election in a couple of days. “If I’m a betting person, which I’m not, I would say it’s going to be a couple of days because I’m anticipating it will be a close race one way or the other,” Sterling...

It’s Election Day in Georgia, where millions have already cast their ballots in the dual Senate runoff races. NBCLX’s political reporter Noah Pransky explains when you can expect to see runoff results, especially as USPS slowdowns threaten to delay the delivery of some mail-in ballots.

Democrats won both Georgia Senate seats — and with them, the U.S. Senate majority — as final votes were counted Wednesday, serving President Donald Trump a stunning defeat in his last days in office while dramatically improving the fate of President-elect Joe Biden’s progressive agenda. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, Democratic challengers who represented the diversity of their party’s...

President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden traveled to Georgia on Monday in one last campaign effort before two runoff elections on Tuesday that will decide control of the U.S. Senate. Democrat Jon Ossoff is challenging Republican Sen. David Perdue while Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, is taking on Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler.

Tuesday’s runoff elections in Georgia are expected to have wide-ranging impacts for the country. We take a closer look at the races — and what’s at stake.

Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling on Monday ran down a list of election fraud myths and debunked them. “This is all easily, provably false, yet the president persists,” Sterling said. “And by doing so, [he] undermines Georgians’ faith in the election system, especially Republican Georgians in this case, which is important because we have a big election coming up tomorrow...

Vice President Mike Pence is warning conservative Christians in Georgia that Tuesday’s high-stakes Senate runoffs may offer “the last line of defense” against a Democratic takeover in Washington

Heavy hitters for both the Democrats and the Republicans will descend on Georgia one day before the state’s runoff elections to determine its new senators, and consequently, which party will control the Senate. President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and President-elect Joe Biden is expected to stump for their respective parties in a last minute push to get voters...