Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler on Thursday conceded to Democrat Raphael Warnock in one of two Georgia Senate runoffs that will give control of the U.S. Senate to Democrats.
Loeffler, who was appointed to the position a year ago to replace outgoing Sen. Johnny Isakson, posted a video to social media Thursday evening saying that she had called Warnock to congratulate him.
With his victory in Tuesday’s election, Warnock becomes the first African American from Georgia elected to the Senate.
“Unfortunately we came up slightly short in the runoff election,” Loeffler says in the video, “Earlier today I called Rev. Warnock to congratulate him and to wish him well in serving this great state.”
A spokesman for Warnock’s campaign confirmed that Loeffler had conceded but declined to comment further.
