Quick Glance: 5 Takeaways From Georgia's Senate Election
- Senator Raphael Warnock's defeat of Herschel Walker demonstrated that bad candidates cannot always rely on partisan affiliations to lift them.
- Herschel Walker, left, was defeated in his bid to Senator Raphael Warnock, whose victory for Democrats showed that Georgia will continue to be a key battleground state in 2024 and beyond.
- "If Georgia Republicans want to keep laying in the mud with Donald Trump," Lt. Gov.
- Republicans won every statewide post except senator, including Mr. Kemp's, by an average of approximately seven points on Nov. 8.
In Georgia, the stage is set for the final Senate battle of the midterm election as voters head back to the polls on Tuesday for the runoff election between ... Show more
Quick Glance: Walker and Warnock Compete for 'Exhausted' Georgia Voters in Senate Runoff
- All of the elements of Georgia's contentious, months-long Senate campaign between Republican Herschel Walker and Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock have returned in the four weeks running up to Tuesday's runoff.
- Warnock led Walker by 37,675 votes when Georgia counted all of the general election ballots last month, falling just short of winning the contest outright.
- Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal's appearance is perhaps the most significant change since the general election.
- He stated that Georgia voters are ready to move on.
Quick Glance: Midterm elections in the United States: Democrats win Arizona Senate seat.
- Mark Kelly, Arizona's new and old senator, addresses his supporters on election night.
- After a three-day counting marathon, Democrat Mark Kelly has successfully defended his hard-fought Senate seat in Arizona's legislative elections.
- Republicans intended to unseat Democrats from Arizona's Senate seat.
- A majority of 218 votes is required.
Quick Glance: Warnock more than doubles Walker's fundraising in the run-up to the election.
- During the same time period, Republican challenger Herschel Walker raised $20.9 million.
- Walker has struggled to stay up with Warnock in fundraising during the campaign, raising $58.7 million from donors to Warnock's $175.7 million.
- Warnock has spent significantly more freely than Walker, despite far exceeding him in fundraising.
- Walker's campaign spent $16.5 million during that time period and currently has $9.8 million in cash on hand.
Turnout was lower in Tuesday’s runoff than in the general election, by about 400,000 voters, but Sen. Raphael G. Warnock (D) more than doubled his lead over ... Show more
Quick Glance: Georgia Senate runoff election: This Democrat hands Donald Trump his next setback
- Raphael Gamaliel Warnock, 53, is the first African American to serve in the United States Senate for a full term from Georgia's southern state.
- Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock talks at an election party.
- In actuality, Warnock won Georgia's southern state with a large coalition of votes.
- Moderate Republicans voted for Governor Brian Kemp in November but did not support Donald Trump's choice, football great Herschel Walker.
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Quick Glance: Analysis: A Very Bad Three Weeks for Trump Following Losses and Legal Setbacks
- During a rally in Miami in early November, former President Donald Trump was greeted with applause.
- Mr. Trump was adamant that Mr. Walker would win, just as he had survived his own scandals.
- "There is a big part of the Republican Party that is ready to move on," she stated.
- "People see what's been happening, and will interpret that as weakness and as an opportunity to challenge President Trump," said Michael Barnett, the Republican chairman in Palm Beach County, Fla.
Quick Glance: Biden's Speech Celebrates Midterm Election Results, but He Faces New Challenges
- President Biden, dressed in a blue suit, looks at a reporter who is asking a question into a microphone held by a White House aide.
- President Biden had the best midterm results of any president in 20 years, avoiding a Republican surge that had been forecast.
- While Mr. Biden retains his veto pen, the path to keeping government doors open and avoiding a national debt default may pass through Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the Republican leader vying for speaker.
- According to advisers, Mr. Biden might spend most of the next two years traveling the country for ribbon-cutting ceremonies.
Quick Glance: Parties prepare for a runoff in Georgia's last Senate election
- Raphael G. Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker to a virtual tie, preparations are underway for a runoff election — the second in less than two years — but the conclusion will not determine which party controls the U.S. Senate this time.
- "We're all in to help Reverend Warnock hold the line and we intend to communicate in every way possible to Georgia voters that Herschel Walker is unfit and unprepared to serve them in the United States Senate," Senate Majority PAC spokesperson Veronica Yoo said in a statement.
- Walker was elected with 1.9 million votes.
- According to a campaign official, the strategy will remain the same this time.
Quick Glance: After a record-breaking day, early voter turnout surges in Georgia Senate runoff.
- Voters line up at Metropolitan Library in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on November 29, 2022, to vote in the Senate runoff election between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican candidate Herschel Walker.
- Raphael Warnock and Trump-backed Republican Herschel Walker — despite the fact that voters had already broken the state's in-person early voting record the day before.
- Voters in Georgia lined up at polling stations on Saturday to cast ballots after the Warnock campaign won a state lawsuit allowing early voting that weekend.
- Before and after the Nov. 8 general election, polls showed Warnock and Walker neck and neck.
“Are you ready to do this one more time? Let’s get it done,” Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock delivers remarks to Georgians as he heads to a Senate ... Show more
Quick Glance: Warnock: Walker "trafficking in division," has "no vision" for Georgia
- "With most precincts reporting, Warnock was ahead 49.4%-48.5%, with the incumbent Democrat receiving 1,941,792 votes to 1,906,353 for Walker, per Insider and DDHQ."
- Warnock is running for re-election to a full six-year term, while Walker, a former University of Georgia football standout and first-time political candidate, has the support of former President Donald Trump.
- Herschel Walker has demonstrated his inability.
- "Walker has repeatedly sought to tie Warnock to President Joe Biden's economic policies, needling the incumbent over inflation and what he said was wasteful spending in Democratic-led spending bills."
Quick Glance: House Majority Uncertain as Democrats Maintain Senate Control
- Republicans are expected to gain a tiny majority in the House, while Democrats maintain a narrow path.
- Here's a look at some of the midterm election outcomes and what they represent for future elections.
- WASHINGTON—Control of the House of Representatives remained uncertain Sunday, despite Democrats retaining control of the Senate with a decisive victory in Nevada.
- Nonpartisan experts said the GOP appeared to be on course to win the smallest of House majorities, but the ultimate outcome rested on seats, primarily on the West Coast, that were too close to call.
Quick Glance: Stacey Abrams lost two elections, but her career is far from over. It's only that it's not on the ballot.
- The hyperbole is amusing, but the point is correct: Abrams done more to register, engage, and mobilize Georgia's politically apathetic than any other activist in recent memory with her New Georgia Project and Fair Fight.
- With fellow Democrat Raphael Warnock campaigning in the U.S. Senate race, she'll be back soon.
- But, unlike another election loser, Abrams will keep the focus on Warnock and the implications of the runoff, rather than herself and any personal issues.
- Raphael Warnock needs to energize Georgia voters ahead of the Senate runoff.
Quick Glance: Insulin Prices, a Resonant Issue in Georgia's Senate Election
- "Without insulin, we will die, and we will die quickly," she said.
- Mr. Walker has stated that he, too, is in favor of cutting insulin expenses, and that his mother uses insulin.
- Shannon Bjorneby, an elementary schoolteacher whose adolescent son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes following a routine examination, says her medical coverage help keep his care affordable.
- According to her, only one of her insulin medications costs $546 every month.
Quick Glance: Warnock leads Walker by three points in the most recent Georgia Senate poll.
- According to a new survey, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) leads Republican Herschel Walker by 3 points in the contest for Georgia's Senate seat.
- Warnock led within a 3-point margin of error in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution/Georgia News Collaborative survey, 46 percent to 43 percent.
- Walker is supported by only 1% of Abrams' voters.
- Warnock also expanded his lead among Black voters, earning 12 points to receive 89 percent support.
Quick Glance: Herschel Walker Has Been Warned My Baby Was in Peril if I Didn't Abort—Example
- During their six-year relationship, a woman claims Herschel Walker "pressured" her to get an abortion and threatened her and the unborn child if she continued with the pregnancy.
- Herschel Walker was reached for comment.
- "Herschel Walker says he is against women getting abortions, but he pressured me to have one."
- "I am coming forward now because I heard Herschel deny claims by another woman who said he paid for her abortion."
The Democratic Party will retain control of the U.S. Senate, no matter how next month's runoff plays out.
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Quick Glance: Analysis on Raphael Warnock's Victory Over Herschel Walker
- Many saw Warnock's most effective ads as just footage of Walker's perplexing campaign remarks.
- "We didn't do that," claimed Warnock's campaign manager, Quentin Fulks.
- While Warnock's team spent weeks preparing for the next round and recruiting up personnel, some Walker staffers were frightened of competing without Kemp and other Republicans on the ballot.
- "It was the best decision the Warnock campaign ever made," a Republican campaign official said.
🗳️🇺🇸 POLLS ARE OPEN! Polling places opened Tuesday for the Georgia runoff for U.S. Senate between Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican ... Show more
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Quick Glance: Georgia Senate Race: Polls Show Walker and Warnock in a Virtual Tie Two Weeks Before the Runoff
- According to a new poll, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) has a tiny lead against Republican Herschel Walker in the Georgia Senate runoff election, indicating that Warnock may have gained independent votes since the midterm elections.
- Warnock leads Walker 51% to 47%, which is within the poll's 4.4 point margin of error but significantly more favorable to Warnock than the midterm election results, in which Warnock received 49.4% of the vote to Walker's 48.5%.
- The election is the final Senate race that has yet to be called.
- Walker and Warnock Face a Runoff in Georgia Senate Election (Forbes)
Breaking news: The closely watched Senate race in Georgia between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker is headed ... Show more
Quick Glance: The Jolt: Split-ticket voters force Warnock and Walker into a runoff
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- Fans of the popular Netflix series 'You' have something to look forward to in the new year.
- The fourth season of the show, known for making viewers feel guilty for finding a serial killer attractive, will premiere in February 2023.
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