Atlanta Dream co-owner Kelly Loeffler, a Republican, has lost her U.S. Senate runoff race in Georgia to Raphael Warnock, a Democratic candidate who was strongly endorsed by the WNBA's players.
The special election was called early Wednesday morning by ABC News and The Associated Press, with Warnock receiving over 46,000 more votes than Loeffler.
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James sent a Tweet in support of the WNBA franchise early Wednesday morning saying, "Think I'm gone put together an ownership group for The Dream. Whose in? #BlackVotesMatter."
Loeffler has not indicated she intends to sell her share of the Dream, which she co-owns with Mary Brock.