In the January 5, 2021, Georgia U.S. Senate runoff election, Democrat Jon Ossoff defeated incumbent Republican David Perdue, securing 50.6% of the vote to Perdue's 49.4%. Ossoff's victory, alongside Raphael Warnock's win in Georgia's other Senate runoff, resulted in a 50–50 split in the Senate, granting Democrats control through Vice President Kamala Harris's tie-breaking vote.