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As seems to be the case with everything to do with american elections, it's a bit of a mess.
Two senate seats were up for grabs in Georgia in the November election. David Perdue's term was coming to an end, so an election was needed. It officially ended on Jan 3rd, so he's out of the senate. This senate seat is now vacant until the winner is sworn in.
Kelly Loefler has actually never won an election - the previous senator resigned due to ill health at the start of 2020. His term was supposed to run till 2023, but in Georgia the rules are that a replacement can be named, and sit in the Senate, but must be confirmed by a special election. This special election was scheduled for November so they could combine it with everything else, which make sense. As a result, Kelly Loefler will remain a senator for Georgia until her successor is confirmed/sworn in.
Both the senate elections are run-offs. This happens when neither gained a majority. In November both races ended with candidates on 49% each, as a tiny minority voted for independent candidates. With neither of the senate races seeing a candidate get 50% of the vote, we moved to this runoff scenario where it's just the two candidates for each seat, so someone must get 50% or more.
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Kelly Loefler has actually never won an election
A few more Kelly Loeffler facts 4 da lulz:
- She is the richest Senator and campaigns in her personal private jet
- Her insider dealing will likely catch up with her now
- She boasted about being the most right wing Senator (including a fucking bizarre advert starring Genghiz Khan, where she out-right winged him)
- She posed with a KKK member last month
- OK, former KKK member - he just runs a far-right race hate group now
- She posed with a bunch of armed 3%ers last month
- She hangs around with Marjorie Greene, that QAnon freak from Florida
- Last week she ran an advert which darkened the skin of her opponent
- She is the first Georgia Rep to lose to a Black guy
- She is the richest Senator and campaigns in her personal private jet
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Thanks for the explanation. I hadn't been following any of that.
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Oliver Schick
So Loeffler will still participate in this Senate vote despite having just lost her Senate seat?