Perdue falls into runoff territory against Ossoff in Georgia US Senate race
โIf overtime is required when all of the votes have been counted, weโre ready and we will win,โ Perdue campaign manager Ben Fry said in a statement. Ossoffโs campaign manager, Ellen Foster, said in a statement that the campaign is โconfident that Jon Ossoffโs historic performance in Georgia has forced Senator David Perdueโ into a runoff. U.S. Senate - Georgia: David Perdue, Jon Ossoff, Shane Hazel If no candidate receives 50% of the vote, top two candidates advance to Jan. 5 runoff. Georgiaโs other U.S. Senate race is headed to a Jan. 5 runoff between GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Democrat Raphael Warnock. Democrats havenโt won a Senate race in Georgia in two decades, but Republican dominance in statewide races has been slipping in recent elections.