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From CNN’s Ethan Cohen and Melissa Holzberg DePaloIn the contentious Georgia Senate race, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, the first Black senator from Georgia who, along with Jon Ossoff, delivered control of the chamber for Democrats in a pair of January 2021 runoff elections, is once again on the ballot. Now, though, the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church is trying to win his first full term against Trump-backed football star Herschel Walker.
Walker’s campaign has been dogged by scandals, including past allegations that he threatened women with violence, claims he has denied. The race was further rocked by a report in early October that Walker paid a woman to have an abortion in 2009. CNN hasn’t confirmed that allegation and Walker has also repeatedly denied it.
Despite Walker’s struggles, Georgia only recently shifted towards Democrats, so the race is expected to be close. If no candidate wins a majority, the top two will compete in a Dec. 6 runoff.Democratic Rep. Sanford Bishop, who has served in Congress for 30 years, faces Republican Chris West for . Under the new map congressional map, Black voters will no longer represent the majority in two of the four previous Black-majority districts — one of those districts is the 2nd, represented currently by Bishop.Republican Rich McCormick had support from others within the Republican Party during the primaries, including House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, as well as support from the PAC for the Club for Growth. This is his second bid for Congress and he ran as a MAGA-style conservative.
that the 2020 election in Georgia was “stolen” by Joe Biden and the Democrats. He faces Democrat Tabitha Johnson-Green.Atlanta and its inner suburbs are the most solidly Democratic regions of the state. The city’s outer suburbs have historically supported Republicans, but many of these affluent areas have moved towards Democrats in recent years.
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