Georgia Senate race advances to December runoff that may determine majority
November 10, 2022 | Georgia
Georgia’s nationally watched U.S. Senate race between Democrat incumbent Rev. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker, which could decide what party controls the upper chamber, will proceed to a runoff election.
With 98% of the vote reported, neither Warnock nor Walker have garnered 50% of the vote, the required threshold under state law to win the election outright. A runoff election will take place on Dec. 6.
“If you can hang in, hang in there a little bit longer, just hang in there a little bit longer, because something good, it takes a while for it get better. And it’s going to get better,” said Walker, a former NFL player, on Tuesday evening. “So I wanted to thank you guys for hanging in.”
In a tweet posted in the very early hours of Wednesday, Warnock struck a confident tone, saying that “we are going to have received more votes than my opponent.”… (Excerpt from The Christian Post)
