Correction: An AARP poll released last week showed Senator Raphael Warnock (D) leading Republican candidate Herschel Walker by four percentage points.
Early voting is taking place in Georgia, with a hot week-and-a-half race between Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker and incumbent Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock.
Walker and Warnock were forced to continue their campaigns until the runoff on December 6, when neither candidate won more than 50% of the vote in the closely watched midterm general elections.
Warnock’s victory would mean Democrats would win a very thin majority in the Senate, while Walker’s victory would retain a total of 50 seats, with a tie-breaking vote from Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.
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As many expected, no control of the Senate has been seized, but early voting has been high in Georgia in the runoff.
data About 90,000 voters had already cast their ballots early Sunday morning, just one day after early voting began in some Georgia counties, according to the Georgia Secretary of State’s website. I was. rejected Republican bid to block early voting on Saturday.
More Georgians voted on Sunday than on any other Sunday in the 2018, 2020, 2022 general elections or the 2021 Senate runoff. according to Warnock Campaign Director Quentin Flux. Hill has reached out to the Georgia Secretary of State to verify the data.
proud of georgia record turnout Throughout the midterm elections, more than 143,000 votes were cast on the first day of early voting before the general election.
Warnock is urged The Georgian ‘reappears’ to reaffirm the narrow 1-point lead he saw in the general election.
Opinion polls show the two candidates are once again in a close race for the runoff vote.
Latest FiveThirtyEight vote average Walker edged Warnock by one point, from 47.8% to 46.8%.
but, Pole Warnock led by 4 percentage points in the results released by AARP last week, but Walker led among voters over 50.
As of November 16, Warnock had nearly three times as much money as the challenger, according to one person. Report from CNBC.
On the first day of the runoff, Walker reportedly said, Raised $3.3 million for his run-off campaign.Democratic Senate Election Committee pledged $7 million for Warnock’s runoff ballot.
Campaign rhetoric is also on the rise as the runoff draws near.
Warnock says former NFL star is ‘good at lying’ and ‘not serious’, but Walker calls incumbent a ‘hypocrite’ and accuses him of leaning towards Democratic leaders did. Associated Press.
Warnock promoted his character in a new TV ad after Walker defended himself against allegations of abuse from his ex-wife and an ex-girlfriend who paid for his abortion.
“Character is what you do when no one is looking. Doing the right thing just because it’s right and doing it over and over again,” said the Democrat. recent adswithout naming Walker.
But Democrats are more direct knocked Walker for his apparent contradictions regarding abortion.
Meanwhile, Walker supporters released an ad Blame Warnock mismanages an Atlanta apartment with links to his church.
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