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Proud liberal 80

(4,167 posts) Wed Jan 20, 2021, 05:54 PM Jan 2021

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Jon Ossoff is the senior Senator from Georgia

Article explains why
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.11alive.com/amp/article/news/politics/why-jon-ossoff-georgia-senior-senator/85-03912222-b439-429f-8685-1557cb05c049

Which brings us back to Ossoff and Warnock - which one gets to be "senior" to the other? In this instance, it will be Ossoff, because he was elected to a longer-term.

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Jon Ossoff is the senior Senator from Georgia (Original Post) Proud liberal 80 Jan 2021 OP

Interesting, the senior and the youngest frazzled Jan 2021 #1

Yeah I had no idea either! soothsayer Jan 2021 #2

Senator Warnock (damn, that feels good!) leftieNanner Jan 2021 #3

Funny tweet from Senator Warnock: CottonBear Jan 2021 #4

Interesting question everything Jan 2021 #5

frazzled

(18,402 posts)

1. Interesting, the senior and the youngest

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 06:01 PM

Jan 2021

I didn’t realize that was how it worked (though I knew it wasn’t about age). Thanks for posting the explanation.

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

2. Yeah I had no idea either!

Reply to frazzled (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 06:02 PM

Jan 2021

leftieNanner

(15,180 posts)

3. Senator Warnock (damn, that feels good!)

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 06:08 PM

Jan 2021

Has to run again in 2022 for the full term.

CottonBear

(21,597 posts)

4. Funny tweet from Senator Warnock:

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 06:11 PM

Jan 2021

Link to tweet

question everything

(47,549 posts)

5. Interesting

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 08:42 PM

Jan 2021

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