Republicans were left pondering how to motivate grassroots turnout for Herschel Walker in a December runoff versus Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) after Democrats preserved their majority with wins in Nevada and Arizona.
For days since the midterm elections, Republicans flooded inboxes with email fundraising appeals imploring grassroots conservatives to support efforts to elect Walker in a Dec. 6 runoff and “turn the Senate red.” But after Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Sen. Mark Kelly were declared winners, closing Republicans' path to control of the upper chamber, the party was forced to recalibrate its pitch to oust Warnock, who finished ahead of Walker Tuesday but fell a whisker shy of 50% of the vote.
After Sen.-elect John Fetterman gained a seat for his party by defeating Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania, and after Walker came up short against Warnock in Georgia, the Republicans were left with just three options: oust Democratic incumbents in Arizona and Nevada, or defeat either Cortez Masto or Kelly — and beat Warnock in the Georgia runoff. With Kelly and Cortez Masto reelected, all GOP options for winning the majority are closed.
The NRSC, Republican National Committee, and Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC aligned with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , also sprang into action this week. The leading GOP groups, plus the Walker campaign, are collaborating to raise money, deploy field troops, and blitz Georgia airwaves and other platforms with advertising. Their challenge is convincing Republican voters to show up in December without the fate of the Senate majority on the line.
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