Georgia Republicans woke up Wednesday filled with dread at the prospect of another runoff for a Senate seat and no small tinge of regret for having nominated a Trump-backed candidate who underperformed the rest of their statewide ticket.
Georgia Republicans woke up Wednesday morning filled with dread at the prospect of another runoff for a U.S. Senate seat and no small tinge of regret for having nominated a Donald Trump-backed candidate who underperformed as compared with the rest of the statewide slate.
With Warnock currently at 49.4%, shy of the 50% needed for outright victory under Georgia law, the results mean the state isSen. Raphael Warnock waves to supporters during an election night watch party in Atlanta. “I don’t think there is a huge appetite on either side to have a slightly different minority [in the Senate] or slightly different majority,” said Robinson. “Between Warnock and Walker, Georgians have tapped out their checkbooks for political spending.”The other big takeaway many Georgia Republicans have from Tuesday’s results is profound regret that Walker was their candidate for a Senate seat at all.
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger — who famously resisted Trump’s entreaties to “find” enough votes to flip the outcome of the 2020 contest — cruised to victory with 53% of the vote, just slightly behind Kemp’s total. And Raffensperger, in his own understated way, attributed his victory to his refusal to buckle to Trump and accept his bogus claims about the election.
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