2021 United States Senate special election in Georgia

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The 2021 United States Senate special election in Georgia was a high-profile runoff contest that helped determine control of the U.S. Senate and resulted in Democrat Raphael Warnock winning a seat previously held by a Republican.

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instanceOf United States Senate special election ⓘ
runoff election ⓘ
appointedIncumbent Kelly Loeffler ⓘ
appointingAuthority Governor Brian Kemp ⓘ
linked to: Brian Kemp
campaignIssue COVID-19 pandemic response ⓘ
economic relief and stimulus ⓘ
health care policy ⓘ
voting rights and election integrity ⓘ
candidate Kelly Loeffler ⓘ
Raphael Warnock ⓘ
candidateParty Kelly Loeffler, Republican Party ⓘ
Raphael Warnock, Democratic Party ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
effectOnDelegation gave Georgia two Democratic U.S. Senators after runoffs ⓘ
electionDate 2021-01-05 ⓘ
electionType federal election ⓘ
statewide election ⓘ
helpedDetermine party control of the 117th United States Congress Senate majority ⓘ
incumbentBeforeElection Kelly Loeffler ⓘ
incumbentPartyBeforeElection Republican Party ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Georgia
legislativeBody United States Senate ⓘ
locatedIn Georgia ⓘ
loser Kelly Loeffler ⓘ
loserParty Republican Party ⓘ
mediaDescription high-profile runoff contest ⓘ
notableContext attracted national attention and heavy campaign spending ⓘ
occurred after the 2020 United States presidential election in Georgia ⓘ
officeContested U.S. Senator from Georgia ⓘ
partOf 2020–21 Georgia state elections ⓘ
2020–21 United States Senate elections ⓘ
predecessorSenator Johnny Isakson ⓘ
previousElection 2020 United States Senate special election in Georgia ⓘ
reasonForElection special election to fill a vacancy ⓘ
result Democratic gain from Republican ⓘ
resultCertifiedBy Georgia Secretary of State ⓘ
resultingSenator Raphael Warnock ⓘ
resultingSenatorParty Democratic Party ⓘ
runoffDate 2021-01-05 ⓘ
runoffThreshold 50 percent of the vote required to avoid runoff ⓘ
seatClass Class III United States Senate seat from Georgia ⓘ
simultaneousWith 2021 United States Senate runoff election in Georgia (regular election) ⓘ
termEndOfSeatContested January 3, 2023 ⓘ
turnoutCharacteristic very high voter turnout for a runoff election ⓘ
vacancyCause resignation of Senator Johnny Isakson ⓘ
votingSystem nonpartisan blanket special election with runoff ⓘ
winner Raphael Warnock ⓘ
winnerParty Democratic Party ⓘ

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Raphael Warnock → electedIn → 2021 United States Senate special election in Georgia ⓘ