amra walker is in atlanta. amra, it's quite a win for warnock.reak it down. >> reporter: nearly $400 million was poured into this competition. senator raphael warnock prevailed, winning a six-year term. his win underscores several things. first off, georgia truly is a swing state. it's something georgia democrats have been watching closely. they'll use this win as a blueprint for 2024. it highlights the democrats' ground game. that was set up by stacey abrams. georgia after the 2020 presidential election passed that controversial new voting law that shortened the time period between the general election in november and this runoff. it also reduced the number of early voeting days. we saw the gop pushing to ban that saturday voting after thanksgiving. that clearly backfired as we saw a surge in early voting. this is what raphael warnock was hoping for, that surge would give him that cushion for election day. that's exactly what happened. the last thing that it highlighted was the turnout in georgia. interest in this election was immense. 3.5 milli

back to you. >> amra walker for us in georgia. thank you. >>> now to the president's reaction. phil mat ftingly is with us. phil, what's been going on in the west wing after warnock's win? we saw that picture on the phone calling it a great night from the white house's perspective. >> >>. >> reporter: it's more or less a celebration that's continued on november 8th and continued on. white house officials to be clear felt good about this race heading into it, but certainly getting that final call, kind of put a capstone on an election season where they bucked history. they bucked what analysts were projecting and for the first time since 1934, the incumbent president, his party did not lose a single senate seat in a midterm election. there is very real history here, and very real beating of the odds. i think when you talk to white house officials, look. all the technical details and procedural details amara laid out matter quite a bit, especially considering it will be divided government, but there's a broader view as well. validation to some degree about the president's agenda