From the Associated Press: Neither Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue nor Democrat Jon Ossoff cleared the 50 percent threshold needed to win a contested U.S. Senate seat in Georgia, forcing a Jan. 5 runoff that could determine which party controls the upper chamber. Perdue, the incumbent, is an ally of President Donald Trump, but libertarian candidate Shane Hazel was able to get enough votes to prevent either major party candidate from winning outright.