Here are five takeaways from the most expensive and bitterly fought Senate race of 2022: Raphael Warnock vs. Herschel Walker.
Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock speaks during an election night watch party, Dec. 6, 2022, in Atlanta.
Facing incessant doubts about his fitness for office, Walker tried self-abasement. “I’m not that smart,” he said at one point. It was a deft strategy for lowering expectations before his lone debate with Warnock. But in voicing the very concerns many Republicans held, he might have helped to crystallize them.
“Wouldn’t it be fantastic if the legendary Herschel Walker ran for the United States Senate in Georgia?” Trump said in March 2021. “He would be unstoppable, just like he was when he played for the Georgia Bulldogs, and in the NFL. He is also a GREAT person. Run Herschel, run!”Run Walker did, jumping into the primary even after four Republican candidates had already announced their campaigns, including Gary Black, the agriculture commissioner and establishment favorite.
Many Republicans, previously mindful of the former president’s capacity for survival, are now shedding their caution. “If Georgia Republicans want to keep laying in the mud with Donald Trump,” said Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, “it’s going to be a purple state.” That makes Warnock’s victory all the more remarkable. But it was by no means foreordained, and a stronger opponent might have beaten him. Had Warnock lost, many would now be questioning whether the Democrats’ victories in 2020 and 2021 were anomalies. After all, Biden won the state by fewer than 12,000 votes.
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