The GOP hand-wringing repeatedly came back to Herschel Walker, one of many inexperienced and polarizing nominees who lost battleground races this year.
It was a hard-fought victory for Democrats in an increasingly purple state that was central to the party’s gains last election cycle and is expected to be a key battleground in 2024.
Sen. Raphael Warnock tapped Maxwell Frost to help energize young voters, who say both Democrats and Republicans should be doing more outreach in the runoff.
Georgia remains “culturally red,” said one conservative-leaning voter backing Democratic Sen. Raphael G. Warnock. But “we’re not just partisan machines.”
The Georgia runoff between Raphael G. Warnock and Herschel Walker caps a turbulent midterm election in which voters rejected many candidates tied to Donald Trump.
Early voting in the Georgia runoff election for Senate is underway, with Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael G. Warnock casting his ballot in Fulton County.
Those taking advantage of Saturday voting included college students visiting home for Thanksgiving, police officers and ambulance workers with busy schedules.
Both Sen. Raphael G. Warnock (D) and Republican Herschel Walker need to persuade their base voters to head back to the polls just four weeks after the general election.