USenator weDemocratic United States u-Raphael Warnock uwine kabusha okhethweni olwenzeka kanzima eGeorgia, wakhulisa iningi leqembu lakhe elincanyana njengoba ejikise inselelo yowayengumdlali webhola lezinyawo waseRiphabhulikhi uHerschel Walker, kubikezelwe u-Edison Research.
Njengoba amaphesenti angama-97 evoti ebelilindelekile ebaliwe kanye noMnu Warnock ehola phambili ngamaphesenti angama-50.6 kuya kumaphesenti angama-49.4, u-Edison uveze ukuthi uMnu Warnock uwine kabusha ukhetho ngoLwesibili (isikhathi sendawo).
Ukunqoba kukaMnu Warnock kuhlanganisa iGeorgia njengezwe lenkundla yempi eliqinisekile ukuthi lizoba neqhaza elibalulekile okhethweni lukamongameli lwango-2024. Amademokhrasi manje asewine imijaho emithathu yeSenethi eminyakeni emibili edlule endaweni eyinqaba yaseRiphabhlikhi kanye noMongameli weDemocratic Alliance uJoe Biden waphatha izwe ngo-2020.
Ukuhlulwa kukaMnu Walker nakho kuyibuyisela emuva njengoba yena . Lowo owayengumongameli ugunyaze uMnu Walker kanye nenqwaba yamanye amaRiphabhlikhi asezingeni eliphezulu kodwa uphetha ngerekhodi elixubile emiqhudelwaneni yakhe yokuncintisana kakhulu.
Ukunqoba kuka-Raphael Warnock kusho ukuthi amaDemocrats manje asendleleni yokuthola iningi lezihlalo ezingu-51 eSenate enezihlalo ezingu-100. Umthombo: U-Getty / Win McNamee
Amakhulu amaningana abasekeli bakaWarnock abehlangene e-Atlanta ballroom baqhuma ihlombe lapho amanethiwekhi omabonakude aseMelika ebiza umjaho.
Abaningi baqala ukudansa, abanye baphakamisela iziphuzo zabo emoyeni, abanye bazishutha izithombe ukuze bakhumbule lesi sikhathi. Leli qembu, ingxubevange yabantu abasha, izishoshovu zezombusazwe, kanye nochwepheshe abacebile nabaxhasi, libonisa umfelandawonye wabavoti uMnu Warnock awudonse ukuze anqobe umncintiswano.
Lo mkhankaso kaMnu Walker ukhungethwe yizigebengu eziphindelelayo kanye nokusho kwakudala izintombi ukuthi ukhokhele ukuhushula izisu, yize esekhankasile ukuthi le nqubo ivalwe. Uwaphikile amacala.
UMnu Warnock ugqamise lokho kukhathazeka ekubonakaleni kwemikhankaso kanye nenqwaba yezikhangiso zethelevishini ezenze lo mjaho wabiza kakhulu phakathi nesizini yaphakathi nonyaka ka-2022, kwasetshenziswa imali engaphezu kuka-US$400 million ($597 million).
Umncintiswano udlulele kusigaba sesibili ngemva kokuba kungela muntu othole amavoti angamatshumi amahlanu ekhulwini mhlaka 8 Lwezi.
Ukwehlulwa kukaHerschel Walker kuyibuyisela emuva kuDonald Trump njengoba efuna ukuqokwa kumaRepublican ukuthi aphinde angenele ukhetho eWhite House ngo-2024. Umthombo: U-Getty / Alex Wong
Ukunqoba kukaMnu Warnock kuxhaswe wumbukiso oqinile ezifundeni zasemadolobheni nasezindaweni ezingaphansi kwedolobha, okuhlanganisa ne-Atlanta’s Fulton County, lapho uDemocrat owayebambele wayewine ngamaphesenti angu-79 evoti – isabelo esiphezulu kunaleso asizuza ngoNovemba.
Amademokhrasi manje asendleleni yokuthola izihlalo ezingama-51 eSenate enezihlalo eziyi-100, okuzokwenza kube lula ukuqhubekisela phambili abaqokwe nguMnu Biden ezikhundleni zezobulungiswa nezokuphatha. Imithetho eminingi isazodinga ukwesekwa yiRiphabhulikhi.
UMnu Warnock, ofana noMnu Walker Black, ungumfundisi wesonto lase-Atlanta lapho kwabulawa khona umholi wamalungelo abantu uMfundisi Martin Luther King Jr. Kungokwesibili ukunqoba kwesibili eminyakeni emibili kuMnu Warnock, owathola isihlalo sakhe okokuqala ngoJanuwari 2021.
AmaRiphabhulikhi awine iningi elincanyana e-US House of Representatives okhethweni lwangomhla ziyisi-8 kuNovemba, kodwa asilela “kugagasi elibomvu” abanye eqenjini ababelibikezele.
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