Democrats in touching distance of Senate control | First Thing

Democrats have won one of the two Senate races in Georgia that will determine which party controls Congress's upper chamber, with the second too close to call. Plus, the officer who shot Jacob Blake will not be charged

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Democrat Raphael Warnock has beaten the incumbent Republican senator Kelly Loeffler in Georgia's critical Senate races. In doing so, he has become the first Black senator for Georgia and taken the Democrats a step closer to controlling the Senate. Current results also put Jon Ossoff marginally ahead of the Republican candidate David Perdue in a race that is too close to call. If Democrats win both seats, the Senate will be split 50/50, giving Kamala Harris as vice-president the tie-breaking vote.