Herschel Walker's loss and three straight elections of Democratic gains suggest Americans are hungry for something new.
, most of the election denier candidates conceded their own races. Walker was among them: “I want you to believe in this country, believe in our elected officials, and most of all, stay together,” the former football star said in a.
It was a moving scene, particularly when Warnock invoked the history of the country, state, and his own family. His mother, who was behind him during the speech, “grew up in the 1950s, in Waycross, Georgia, picking somebody else’s cotton and somebody else’s tobacco,” he said. “But tonight, she helped pick her youngest son to be a United States senator.
Of course, the Warnock victory owed a great deal to how wildly weak Walker was as a candidate. But it was also, as Warnock noted in his victory speech, the result of hard fighting — by the campaign, whichlast month to allow early voting, and by voters, who he said “endured” obstacles to the ballot to deliver the narrow Democratic victory.
That work has paid off in the form of momentum. It may not be enough to drive a stake through the heart of Trumpism, but three straight elections suggest more Americans than not are tired of the crazy and hungry for something else. It'll be up to Democrats to carry that through two years of divided government and into 2024, especially if RepublicansChuck Schumer
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