John Ossoff and Raphael Warnock were elected to the Senate in Georgia.
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The Dan Bongino ShowOct 19, 2026
Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources (AP, BBC/Reuters, PBS, FactCheck.org, Congressional Directory) confirm that Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock won Georgia's U.S. Senate runoffs on January 5, 2021 and were elected to the Senate. The post's spelling 'Rafael Warneck' is a minor misspelling of Raphael Warnock and does not change the referent; the claim faithfully reflects the passage.
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… Like, I can't believe, you know, Illinois didn't have Mark Kirk, or Republican, for the biggest conservative, but you're stunned, like Larry Hogan wins the governorship of Maryland, you know, twice as a Republican. Now, these are Republican examples, but how Democrats get in office, like John Ossoff and Rafael Warneck in the red state of Georgia, is stunning to me, because it's people just stop paying attention to candidate quality. I got an example coming up again of Texas. Texas, like the Second Amendment capital of the known cosmos, and, like, the Marvel string theory universe, too. …
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Supports. AP and BBC/Reuters reports state that Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock defeated Republican incumbents David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in the Georgia Senate runoffs.[1][4]
Supports. The Congressional Directory lists Jon Ossoff and Raphael G. Warnock as Georgia's U.S. Senators, with Ossoff elected in the January 5, 2021 runoff.[3]
Supports. FactCheck.org confirms that Warnock and Ossoff won both of Georgia's U.S. Senate seats in the runoffs, according to unofficial results and AP calls, and rejects fraud claims against the result.[2]
Context. The 2026 KRGV republication of the AP story is a copy of the 2021 report and adds no new information.[5]
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5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 1 tier 1, 1 not rated
- 1Warnock, Ossoff win in Georgia, handing Dems Senate ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2False Claims of Fraud in Georgia Runoffsfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Congressional Directory - GEORGIAgovinfo.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Democrats take control with Warnock and Ossoff winsbbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 5Warnock, Ossoff win in Georgia, handing Dems Senate control - KRGVkrgv.com · not rated · cited for: context
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