The U.S. Senate race in Georgia between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker is likely headed to a runoff.
Elections officials continued to count ballots in the state late Tuesday night with the race too close to call. The race determined partisan control of the Senate nearly two years ago and could do so again in these midterm elections.
Warnock, a Baptist pastor, spoke to supporters later in the night, but was very intentional about not saying much. He sated they knew the race would be close, but stated "it wasn't over." He ended his address by saying, "keep the faith and keep looking up."Addressing his supporters during election night Tuesday, Republican U.S.
A runoff would mean another month of Warnock hammering Walker, who is making his first bid for public office, as unqualified and Walker assailing Warnock as a rubber-stamp for the White House. Warnock, who is also the senior minister at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, answers that Walker is "not ready" and "not fit" for high office. That’s an allusion to Walker’s rocky past, from allegations of violence against his ex-wife to accusations by two women Walker once dated that he encouraged and paid for their abortions despite his public opposition to abortion rights.
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