Midterm Elections: Important Georgia Senate Race Between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker Headed to a Run-off

The Georgia Senate Elections between incumbent Reverend Raphael Warnock and former NFL and reality show star Herschel Walker has been surprisingly tighter than usual, despite Walker's many scandals. Now, the race is heading to run-off elections in December.

According to Georgia law, the top two candidates will be participating in the run-off elections if no candidate wins more than 50% of the votes. It will be happening on December 6.

There was a third candidate for the Georgia Senate race, as Libertarian Chase Oliver is seen to win around 2.1% of the vote, according to CNBC. His participation in the race is seen to potentially deny Warnock and Walker the 50% they need and force the runoffs.

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger Officially Announces Run-off Election for Georgia Senate Seat

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger recently appeared on the "The Brian Kilmeade Show" and announced that the Georgia senate race will indeed head to the run-offs.

"Right now we have less than 20,000 total votes still out to be counted. That's not enough to change the race. So this is headed for a run-off," said the Georgia official on Wednesday morning,

"Ballots are being built as we speak, and counties are making preparations," Raffensperger stated.

CBS News pointed out that in Georgia exit polls. 36% of people say they're looking for a candidate who shares their values. Meanwhile, 32% of them said that a candidate who is honest and has integrity will be more important to them.

With John Fetterman defeating Trump-backed Republican Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania, the Georgia senate race is one of the most important races in the midterm elections as it would determine control of the U.S. Senate.

Top officials for both the Democrats and the Republicans have told CNN that they are doubling down on their significant investments in Georgia, as control of the United States Senate could hinge on this important runoff election.

Herschel Walker's Many Scandals

The race between Rev. Raphael Warnock and Herechel Walker has been very tight. This is despite the fact that Walker is facing many scandals regarding his stance in abortion and family values, as well as being accused of hypocrisy for allegedly paying for getting his former girlfriends' pregnancies aborted and not paying child support.

Georgia had been a deep red state before the 2020 presidential elections where it was flipped blue, with Biden winning the state and electing two Democratic senators.

Former President Donald Trump wanted to change this and endorsed Walker, who also appeared on his reality show, The Apprentice. However, despite this, many Georgia conservatives split their votes, voting for Republican Brian Kemp, a Trump adversary, while also voting for Warnock, a black Democrat.

However, many Georgians are still going with Trump, voting for Walker despite at least two women accusing him of paying for their abortions despite his strong anti-abortion stance. Walker also presented himself as the "family values" candidate and he said fathers should always pay for child support, despite himself being accused of not paying for child support for many of his illegitimate children.

The Daily Beast previously reported that Walker has a 10-year-old son whom he does not see, nor does he legally acknowledge. He also has another 13-year-old son, as well as a daughter who is about 40 years old.

Walker denies many of the scandals attached to him and has called his accusers liars. The two women who accused him of paying for their abortions have both presented letters and receipts as evidence that he did so.

Walker also claimed to be an ex-cop despite police pointing out he never really was one.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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