ATLANTA — Georgia may be one of the nation’s most politically competitive states, but its midterm election doesn’t fit into the national narrative as a referendum of President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump.
The state’s towering political personalities — each with a profile to rival elite national figures — and Georgia’s burgeoning status as a must-win battleground have elevated already important races that could reshape the next two years of Biden’s administration and set the stage for 2024.
The clash between U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker could determine control of the Senate and the fate of sweeping policies Biden promised after Democrats flipped Georgia in 2020 for the first time in decades and swept dual runoffs that gave the party control of Washington.
