ATLANTA — Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock have seen their profiles grow dramatically after hard-fought election victories in the South’s premier battleground state, elevating them into potential national candidates.
Both won reelection over name-brand rivals in forbidding environments by claiming the center of Georgia’s electorate.
And both share support from a pivotal bloc of swing voters who bucked political norms to split their ticket this cycle, providing the decisive votes to propel each to nationally watched wins that have heightened their reputations.
