Raphael Warnock Wards Off Herschel Walker, Wins Georgia Senate Runoff
Georgia Democratic Senate candidate U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) speaks during an election night watch party at the Marriott Marquis on December 6, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. Sen. Warnock has defeated his Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a runoff election. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images
December 7, 2022—For the second time in as many years, voters in Georgia have delivered a Senate runoff victory for Democrats.
Incumbent Raphael Warnock, who won a runoff in January 2021 against Republican Kelly Loeffler, defeated GOP nominee Herschel Walker on Tuesday in a close contest that saw both candidates earn nearly 2 million votes.
Warnock’s victory underscored the major disappointment expe…
