Georgia’s Republican Senate hopeful Herschel Walker is narrowly edging out Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) in the state’s upcoming Senate runoff race, a Phillips Academy poll found.
a narrow race but in Walker’s favor. A Data for Progress survey taken days before Election Day showed Walker up by a single percentage point, as did a WANF-TV/Landmark survey. A FOX 5/InsiderAdvantage survey released right before the election showed Walker up by two percent, and a Trafalgar Group survey showed the Republican up by three percent.
The final RealClearPolitics average of polls predicted Walker up by 1.4 percent — a significant shift from the reality, as Warnock ended up leading Walker by 0.9 percent in the actual race. The Senate race went to a runoff following the midterm elections after neither candidate reached the 50 percent threshold. According to the results, less than one percent separated the two candidates, as Warnock led by 36,465 votes, per the Associated Press.
The outcome of the race, however, will not alter the balance of power in the Senate, as Democrats have already secured 50 seats to maintain their slim majority, with Vice President Kamala Harris acting as the tie breaker.his Democrat opponent of using a misleading campaign message to dissuade voters from supporting him.
“They just had a fundraiser, Sen. Warnock had a fundraiser, in my hometown with a guy that said that he coached me in football. The guy never coached me. He was a defensive back coach, never coached me,” the former NFL star
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