After Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Rafael Warnock were declared victors of the Georgia Senate runoffs against the Republican incumbents David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, the Senate was now at 50-50. These two Georgia elections were a spotlight across the country and around the globe as all focus for the future of the United States lied on whether the Democrats or the Republicans held the Senate. As we know by now, the Georgia runoff election ended up with two Democratic senators coming out as victors against Republican incumbents. This gave both the House, the Senate, and the White House on the hands of the Democrat. These Georgia Senate races set cost records with $470 million between Jon Ossoff and David Perdue, and $363 million between Rev. Rafael Warnock and Kelly Loeffler. These two races are the two highest Senate election campaign spending with outside organizations spending about half of them. Outside groups from around the country can spend as much as they like on advertisements as there is no limit on the capacity resulting from the Supreme Court case of Citizens United v Federal Election Commission as long as they do not coordinate with campaigns. After the ruling, the election spending was now protected as a form of free speech which ballooned the spending to unforeseen figures. In total, over $830 million have been spent on the 2021 Georgia Senate runoff elections. This paved the way for the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schemer to assume the role as the Senate Majority Leader which led to Mitch McConnell to assume the role as the Senate Minority Leader after over 5 years as the Senate Majority Leader. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was reelected as the Speaker of the House and now for the first time since 2010, both chambers of the Congress are held by the Democrats. The House is divided with 211 seats for the Republicans and a narrow margin of lead of 221 seats for the Democrats. However, the Senate is divided with 50 seats for the Republicans and 50 seats for the Democrats. Some may ask, “How come the Democrats control the Senate with even numbers on both sides?” The answer to this is the tie breaker, aka the President of the Senate. The Vice President of the United States assumes the role as the tie breaker when the votes on the Senate floor is divided 50-50. As Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were elected as the President and the Vice President, tie breaking vote will most likely go for the Democrats when the vote on the Senate floor is divided into 50-50. As a result of Democrats in the White House, 5O Democrats in the Senate, and Democratic majority in the House, it is now up to the Democrats to bring back home the promises they made to the public and the world.
The Liberal Conservative 