by The NBC television network has projected Democrat Raphael Warnock the winner in his US Senate runoff election against Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler as the Democrats come within touching distance of winning the crucial elections that would give the party control of the Senate.
With 98 per cent of the vote in, Warnock led Loeffler 50.5 per cent to 49.5 per cent, according to Edison Research.
Mr Warnock, a pastor who is poised to become Georgias first black senator, had declared victory in a speech in Atlanta last night, though his opponent Ms Loeffler did not concede, claiming we still have a path to victory.
The other US Senate election was on a knife-edge Tuesday night with Democrats within touching distance of winning two crucial elections that would give the party control of the US Senate.
While Mr Ossoff was trailing Republican David Purdue by a few thousand votes, Democrats were quietly confident that the outstanding vote predominantly from Democratic-leaning areas would be enough to push Ossoff over the line.
While counting will continue on Wednesday, approximately 17,000 military and overseas votes will continue to be accepted until 5pm on Friday. US president Donald Trump accused officials of finding votes in Fulton County, and retweeted unsubstantiated allegations of election malpractice late on Tuesday.
The extraordinarily tight races have gained national attention because the outcome will determine which party controls the US Senate when Joe Biden becomes president on January 20th.
Should both Mr Warnock and Mr Ossoff win, Democrats will control 50 seats in the 100-member Senate, giving the party an effective majority because incoming vice-president Kamala Harris can cast the tie-breaking vote.
This would mean that Democrats will control both houses of Congress and the White House a huge boost to Joe Biden as he prepares to assume the presidency. While no TV networks had called the race last night, the Cook Political Report called both races for the two Democratic candidates.
Turnout on Tuesday was lower than in Novembers election, but was much higher than usual for run-off state elections.
