The race for Senate in Georgia between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker has been almost as much about the biographies of these two candidates as the policy positions they support.
Herschel Walker, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate for Georgia, left, and incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock.Neither Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock nor his scandal-plagued Republican challenger, Herschel Walker,A win by Warnock would increase Democrats' margin in the Senate to 51-49, while a victory by Walker, a former football star, would narrow the chamber to 50-50. The extra cushion of winning in Georgia would mean control of Senate committees and more leeway in tight votes.
Walker has leaned into his status as one of the University of Georgia's most revered players to deflect one controversy after another, including allegations of domestic abuse anddespite his anti-abortion stance as a candidate. He denies those claims. Warnock is senior pastor at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s church in Atlanta, and talks a lot about how King shaped his outlook and his approach to serving in the Senate.With just four short weeks to get Georgians voting again,
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