ATLANTA — Although bullish about winning a Senate runoff election on Tuesday, Georgia Democrats say they are taking nothing for granted in this right-leaning purple state.
, there were reports for months of a"red wave" of Republican nominees winning in this year's midterm elections that failed to materialize altogether, epitomizing the lack of sure bets in any statewide race.
“People don’t want the same thing to happen again with Warnock [in office],” a woman named Stephanie, who chose not to give her last name but identified as a Republican, told Yahoo News at a Walker rally last week. “Atlanta has gotten so bad with crime. Walker will be able to support Republican policy.”
“The man is illiterate and only running because he’s famous in Georgia,” Patton, 71, told Yahoo News. “Warnock, on the other hand, can speak in complete sentences and he’s a preacher, so he has good values. Plus, he actually lives in Georgia,” Patton said, referring to Walker’s longtime residency in Texas.
“I’m all about voting because it’s so important and great to see,” a middle-aged white woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said after voting at the Dorothy Benson senior center in Sandy Springs, Ga., a city 30 miles north of Atlanta. “This is the longest line I’ve seen in years.”“Reproductive rights are important to me,” said Sollenberger. “It’s simultaneously a relief and disappointing that there was a runoff at all.
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