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Souhan: Tiger Woods works overtime to set Masters record: The 48-year-old legend makes his 24th consecutive cut at Augusta but wants to get on the leaderboard.
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Clemson flames out against Boston College in ACC Tournament: Former Charleston Southern standout Claudell Harris Jr. scored 27 points as Boston College ripped ...
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4 takeaways from the Georgia Senate runoff: How Warnock did it, plus what it adds to our understanding of the 2022 election (and of Trump).
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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
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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.
Biden says Walker doesn’t deserve to be in the Senate: President Biden on Friday said that Republican Herschel Walker does not deserve to be in the Senate ...
thehill.com/homenews/administration/3760282-biden-says-walker-doesnt-deserve-to-be-in-the-senate/
Georgia breaks early voting record again in Senate runoff : At least 352,953 people voted in person on Friday, the last day of early voting.
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Warnock campaign releases ads in Vietnamese, Mandarin, Korean to mobilize AAPI voters
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Obama to campaign for Warnock on Dec. 1 before Ga. runoff: ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Barack Obama, reprising his battleground blitz ahead of the midterm ...
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Where the Warnock-Walker race stands with early voting underway in Georgia: Correction: An AARP poll released last week had Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) leading GOP ...
thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3751994-where-the-warnock-walker-race-stands-with-early-voting-underway-in-georgia/
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
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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.
Judge allows Saturday voting in Georgia's Senate runoff: Georgia’s secretary of state said he plans to appeal the ruling.
axios.com/2022/11/19/judge-saturday-voting-georgias-senate-runoff
Georgia Senate race headed for runoff between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker
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Georgia high court allows Saturday voting for Senate runoff: ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia counties will be allowed to hold early voting this Saturday in the U.S ...
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Democrats target Obama for Georgia runoff election: Georgia’s Senate runoff is three weeks away, and Democrats are hoping big names like former President Obama ...
thehill.com/homenews/3738936-democrats-target-obama-for-georgia-runoff-election/
What you need to know about Georgia Senate runoff: The midterms aren’t over yet in Georgia as incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger ...
thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3755031-what-you-need-to-know-about-georgia-senate-runoff/
Record-breaking early voting in Georgia Senate runoff: Georgia has seen record-breaking turnout ahead of its Dec. 6 Senate runoff between incumbent Sen ...
axios.com/2022/11/30/record-breaking-early-voting-in-georgia-senate-runoff
Trump team pushes to delay 2024 launch as DeSantis star rises in GOP: Aides were counseling the former president to delay the announcement as other Republicans ...
washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/09/trump-presidential-announcement-delay/
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.
Parties gear up for runoff in Ga., the last outstanding Senate race : Democrats held their majority with Saturday’s projected win in Nevada ...
washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/13/georgia-senate-runoff-warnock-walker/
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.
This week in politics: Sen. Sinema announces party change, Georgia runoff comes to a close
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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."
Warnock’s closing argument zeroes in on “character and competence”: This is part of a broader strategy to target Republican-leaning and independent voters.
axios.com/2022/11/29/warnocks-closing-argument-zeroes-in-on-character-and-competence
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.
Georgia is still important, even after Democrats retained control of the Senate.: A split Congress is likely, but a Warnock win would still benefit Democrats.
vox.com/2022/11/13/23456019/democrat-majority-senate-georgia-warnock-walker-trump-biden
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.
Georgia teen shot while campaigning for Sen. Raphael Warnock, police say: Police say "there is no indication the shooting was politically motivated" at ...
axios.com/2022/12/02/georgia-teen-shot-campaigning-warnock
Stacey Abrams lost two elections, but her career isn't over. It's just not at the ballots.
usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2022/11/25/whats-next-stacey-abrams-georgia/10749884002/
Paid articlePaidQuick 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.
Why Senate control could hinge once again on Georgia runoff: Control of the Senate could once again come down to a familiar scenario: a runoff election in ...
thehill.com/homenews/3683716-why-senate-control-could-hinge-once-again-on-georgia-runoff/
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.
Almost $80 million is spent on TV ads for Georgia's 4-week Senate runoff: And spending by groups supporting Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock has more ...
npr.org/2022/12/01/1139995258/georgia-senate-tv-spending-walker-warnock
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.
Cruz adds to chorus of GOP voices calling for delay in Senate leadership vote: Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) joined a chorus of Republican senators on Friday calling for ...
thehill.com/homenews/senate/3731534-cruz-adds-to-chorus-of-gop-voices-calling-for-delay-in-senate-leadership-vote/
Super PAC with ties to McConnell pledges over $14M in Georgia Senate runoff amid tensions with Scott
thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3736938-super-pac-with-ties-to-mcconnell-pledges-over-14m-in-georgia-senate-runoff-amid-tensions-with-scott/
Warnock expands ground game to try to ensure turnout in Georgia Senate runoff: The campaign will add 300 paid staffers and open new offices across the state.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/warnock-works-ensure-turnout-georgia-senate-runoff/story
The Democratic Party will retain control of the U.S. Senate, no matter how next month's runoff plays out.
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How the Georgia Senate runoff election works: Sen. Raphael Warnock and former football player Herschel Walker will face off one more time on Tuesday, December 6 ...
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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."
Raphael Warnock, Herschel Walker advance to runoff election for Georgia Senate seat
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3 numbers that show how Raphael Warnock won the Georgia runoff: The GOP is coming to terms with the consequences of its recent aversion to mail voting ...
politico.com/news/2022/12/08/raphael-warnock-georgia-runoff-00072999
The Georgia Senate runoff between Herschel Walker and Sen. Raphael Warnock is drawing less attention now that control of the U.S. Senate is no longer at stake ... Show more
Sen. Raphael Warnock purchases new D.C. home: U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, freshly reelected, has purchased a $1 million Washington home.
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Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock won re-election Tuesday night in Georgia’s runoff for U.S. Senate. Warnock — who became Georgia’s first Black senator after ... Show more
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.
Warnock thanks his relieved church: ‘We stuck together.’: Throughout his reelection campaign, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock was pilloried as a “fake pastor” by ...
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After steering clear of Biden, Warnock says he’d back his 2024 bid: With his runoff victory behind him, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock gave a clearer endorsement of ...
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KINSELLA: Demographics and geography work against conservatives: A single Southern American state's election -- a runoff, no less -- has implications for ...
torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/kinsella-demographics-and-geography-work-against-conservatives
PARKER: Why did Black Georgians vote for Raphael Warnock?: There are plenty of post-mortems about Raphael Warnock's defeat of Herschel Walker in the runoff for ...
torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/parker-why-did-black-georgians-vote-for-raphael-warnock
Teenager canvassing for Warnock shot in Savannah ahead of Georgia runoff: Police say no indication shooting politically motivated as teen working for Democrat is ...
theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/04/warnock-canvasser-shot-savannah-georgia-runoff
How the Georgia Senate runoff will work: If Georgia voters were hoping to avoid talking politics at Thanksgiving, the state's tightly contested Senate race has ...
cnn.com/2022/11/09/politics/georgia-senate-runoff-warnock-walker-explainer/
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.
The Election Recap: Dec. 12, 2022: Warnock wins, Walker loses, and more
theweek.com/2022-election/1019214/the-election-recap-dec-12-2022
A Georgia Senate runoff poll points to challenges for Walker, Warnock: A new poll focusing on the Dec. 6 runoff between U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican ...
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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
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Quick Glance: The Jolt: Split-ticket voters force Warnock and Walker into a runoff
Even Joe Manchin Was Sick of Him Holding All the Power in the Senate: The Georgia runoff win makes it a lot easier for Senate Democrats to get stuff done.
slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/12/joe-manchin-georgia-runoff-raphael-warnock-senate.html
GOP civil war spreads to Georgia runoff : Republican factions squabble over strategy and whether Trump's latest campaign will help or hurt Walker.
politico.com/news/2022/11/17/trump-georgia-senate-race-00068079
Georgia's Senate runoff is in 2 weeks. Here's what a 51st seat would mean for Democrats.
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Walker and Warnock fight waning voter interest in Georgia's Senate runoff: Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock try to combat waning interest in overtime ...
axios.com/2022/11/18/turnout-strategy-georgia-senate-runoff-walker-warnock
Cruz to seek third term in Senate: Ted Cruz said on Saturday that he would seek a third term in the U.S. Senate in 2024, though he also did not rule out running ...
palestineherald.com/news/cruz-to-seek-third-term-in-senate/article_6ef17da2-6b84-11ed-9e3b-7b910077a47f.html
Poll: Most voters don't want Biden or Trump on the 2024 ballot: The survey did find that Trump is on stronger footing with his base.
axios.com/2022/07/02/biden-trump-2024-election-harris-poll
Warnock and Walker's Georgia Senate race goes into overtime as runoff begins
pbs.org/newshour/politics/warnock-and-walkers-georgia-senate-race-goes-into-overtime-as-runoff-begins
What Democrats could do with a 51st senator
theweek.com/2022-election/1018444/what-democrats-stand-to-gain-from-the-georgia-runoff
Control of U.S. Senate Hangs on Three Undetermined Races: The battle for control of the U.S. Congress hangs in the balance two days after the midterm elections ...
democracynow.org/2022/11/10/headlines/control_of_us_senate_hangs_on_three_undetermined_races
The Jolt: Warnock, Walker running to avoid dreaded U.S. Senate runoff : With polls showing a tightening race amid a surge of early votes, U.S. Sen ...
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Warren backs Bass in Los Angeles mayoral runoff election: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) announced on Tuesday that she would be endorsing Rep ...
thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3565849-warren-backs-bass-in-los-angeles-mayoral-runoff-election/
Biden and Harris back Karen Bass for L.A. mayor in rare joint endorsement: Tensions between Harris and Bass grew when several negative stories about Bass emerged ...
axios.com/2022/08/02/karen-bass-los-angeles-mayor-biden-harris
Midterm elections are a fight against ‘extremist, so-called leaders,’ Vice President Kamala Harris tells NAACP members
inquirer.com/politics/election/vice-president-kamala-harris-speaks-naacp-20220718.html
US Sen. James Lankford easily wins primary nomination; Democratic runoff set in Senate race
oklahoman.com/story/news/2022/06/28/oklahoma-primary-election-results-senate-james-lankford-wins-democrats-head-runoff/7745813001/
Capitol Recap: Georgians will have influence in bill to compete with China: Georgia will have a say in a final bill aimed at boosting U.S. manufacturing to ...
ajc.com/politics/capitol-recap-georgians-will-have-influence-in-bill-to-compete-with-china/5RV7FIJDARDY3O6MYXUO7CBWRY/
Mullin, Shannon head to GOP primary runoff election in race for Inhofe seat: Congressman Mullin finished well ahead of the rest of the field, but did not reach ...
oklahoman.com/story/news/2022/06/28/mullin-shannon-head-gop-runoff-race-inhofe-seat/7697900001/
Raphael Warnock recounts his rise to the U.S. Senate in a new memoir: Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock gained national attention in January 2020 when he won a ...
pbs.org/newshour/show/raphael-warnock-recounts-his-rise-to-the-u-s-senate-in-a-new-memoir
Democratic race to face Republican Sen. Tim Scott still undecided into Wednesday morning
postandcourier.com/politics/democratic-race-to-face-republican-sen-tim-scott-still-undecided-into-wednesday-morning/article_7fb0bc5a-e5b2-11ec-9b95-f35e1e05acfc.html
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