Raphael Warnock becomes first Black US Senator from Georgia
Democrat Raphael Warnock has become the first Black US Senator from Georgia after he won one of the two seats that went to polls in the state. With 98% of the vote reported, Warnock won 50.6% of the votes against Republican candidate's 49.4%. Warnock is the pastor of Atlanta church, where slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr preached.