Stacey Abrams on Georgia runoff elections: ‘Across our state, we roared’

Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (D) celebrated Wednesday morning as it appeared that Democrats would take at least one of the state’s two Senate seats following the previous day’s runoff elections.

In a tweet, Abrams said her party had “roared” across the state as the Rev. Raphael Warnock (D) was projected to defeat Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R) and Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff held a lead over Republican incumbent David Perdue in a race that has yet to be called. A Democratic sweep would put the party in control of the Senate for the first time in years.

“With new votes joining the tally, we are on a strong path. But even while we wait for more, let’s celebrate the extraordinary organizers, volunteers, canvassers & tireless groups that haven’t stopped going since Nov. Across our state, we roared. A few miles to go…but well done!” Abrams wrote in the tweet posted after midnight Wednesday morning.

Many Democrats have credited Abrams’s voter registration efforts, launched after her unsuccessful 2018 bid for governor, for driving turnout in the two races as well as delivering a Peach State victory for President-elect Joe Biden, the first time a Democratic presidential nominee has won the state in almost three decades.