The Latest Breaking News from Raphael Warnock

Welcome to the Tuesday, November 29, Brew. 

Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., holds a slim lead in a new poll and has much more cash on hand as he seeks to put away Republican challenger Herschel Walker in their Georgia Senate runoff.

Both parties are eager for the additional seat and its six-year term.

Runoff election will be held on 6 December

Early in-person voting for the nation's last U.S. Senate seat is underway statewide in Georgia

ATLANTA — State investigators are being urged to probe whether Republican Senate hopeful Herschel Walker violated the law by receiving a tax break on his Texas home meant for primary residents of that state even as he runs for federal office in Georgia.

ATLANTA — With a runoff extending Georgia’s U.S. Senate campaign by four weeks, it can be easy to forget that the eventual winner of the contest will have a job to do after this: a six-year term with all the weighty policy decisions that come with it.

On a chilly Saturday afternoon, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock’s campaign bus rolled into a park in Cumming, deep in the heart of Forsyth County. Nearly two-thirds of voters in this reliably Republican exurb backed Warnock’s opponent, Herschel Walker, in the general election.

ATLANTA — Early voting is available to every registered Georgia voter this week in the runoff for U.S. Senate after 157,000 people already went to the polls during the weekend.

TV personality Mehmet Oz lost his bid for Pennsylvania senator during the November midterms. And former NFL football star Herschel Walker appears to be falling further behind his opponent, incumbent Raphael Warnock, as they head to a Dec. 6, 2022, runoff election for senator in Georgia.

Democrats had better than expected midterm elections in 2022, partly because of their ability to draw votes from rural areas. These voters could create new battlegrounds in 2024.