ATLANTA — Georgia Democrats are entering the new year at a crossroads, at once demoralized by the stinging defeats of Stacey Abrams and other statewide candidates but upbeat about the runoff victory of U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock.
The string of midterm losses by Abrams and others, along with Warnock’s election to a full six-year term, has solidified Georgia as a battleground ahead of a 2024 election that could give state voters more influence over the still-developing White House race.
But with Abrams sidelined by voters after her second defeat in a row, and Warnock ascendant after two consecutive runoff wins, Democrats face a strategic question that could restructure the party’s approach to one of the nation’s premier political battlegrounds.
