
Control of the Senate next year will come down to just a handful of competitive races, and Georgia's might just be the most hotly contested. Last month, FiveThirtyEight ranked Georgia a "tipping point" state and "the key to control of the Senate." Sen. Raphael Warnock, the Democrat, is running for a full term against Heisman-winning football great Herschel Walker.
The campaign has been largely driven by Walker, and not in a positive way: Even before it was reported that the staunchly pro-life and pro-family candidate had paid for multiple abortions and was an absent father to three illegitimate children, Walker's personal foibles were fodder for news coverage.