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Georgia sente race1/12/2024 Nate Lerner, a strategist at Democratic consulting firm Build the Wave, agrees that a strong showing from Walker could counter negative stories plaguing the campaign, but he says he hasn’t seen the evidence that Walker or his team can turn things around. “It’s three or four or five percentage points that could make all the difference in these debates.” It doesn’t win or lose the race because most people have made up their decisions, but it’s around the margins,” she said. “Debates are all about managing expectations. “There’s just so much riding on this debate for Walker and I think that he has to show that he is a very serious candidate,” she told Yahoo News, noting that debates alone don’t win a race, but they can tip the scale. “The pressure is off Warnock and all the pressure is on Walker,” said Amy Koch, a Republican strategist and former Minnesota Senate majority leader. “And I know that when we stand together, the whole state is better.” “I believe in Georgia, and I believe in us,” Warnock said last Thursday at a rally in his birth city of Savannah. The two-year congressional veteran has largely sidestepped the political fray and presents himself as leader for all Georgians, regardless of political affiliation. Raphael Warnock speaking at Ebenezer Baptist Church on Sept. Meanwhile, Warnock appears to be gearing up for Friday’s debate, tweeting late last week, “The choice Georgians have this year is clear. It requires leaders capable of winning elections by articulating a conservative vision for governing.” That process goes beyond celebrity or fame. “If we want the American public to take us seriously, we need to take the first step by nominating candidates they should take seriously. If Republicans lose, “we only have ourselves to blame,” he added. “This is a byproduct of an untested and unvetted first time candidate.” “Instead of the race being a referendum on Biden and Warnock, the attention has shifted almost entirely to Walker,” Duncan said. Geoff Duncan, went a step further, telling Yahoo News that he believes Republicans faltered when they decided to prioritize a candidate's celebrity over his qualifications. Brian Kemp pledged support for the GOP ticket last week, but stopped short of mentioning Walker at all. Within the state, however, some Georgia Republicans have been more hesitant to embrace Walker in recent weeks. Herschel Walker with Donald and Melania Trump at a World Series game on Oct. Rick Scott of Florida and Tom Cotton of Arkansas announced they will travel to Georgia Tuesday to campaign on behalf of Walker. Many national Republicans, in fact, have doubled down on their support in recent days because of the high stakes of the race. David Perdue.ĭespite Walker’s scandals, his supporters have for the most part remained loyal. Then, last Wednesday, Walker’s campaign cut ties with its political director, Taylor Crowe, who had once held the same role for previous Georgia Republican Sen. On Friday, Walker’s wife allegedly contacted the woman to try and clear the air, but to no avail. Senate by former President Donald Trump, has denied that he ever paid for a woman to get an abortion, but according to the Daily Beast, the unidentified woman claims to be the mother of one of Walker’s four children. Walker, a former football star and Heisman Trophy winner who was handpicked to run for U.S. Raphael Warnock speaking to supporters in Columbus, Ga., on Saturday. Since then, multiple polls show a potential shift in the Georgia electorate with Warnock growing a significant lead - one poll showed Warnock up by 12 points, while another showed him with a 3-point lead with less than 30 days to go before midterm Election Day. Up until this month, most polls had Warnock and Walker in a dead heat, until a flurry of Daily Beast reports recently revealed allegations that Walker, a staunch anti-abortion advocate, paid for a former girlfriend to undergo the procedure in 2009. “Both parties are in a race for 51 seats, which means that neither party can afford to give up on any seat.”įor Walker, the debate could be a chance to redeem himself after spending last week embroiled in an abortion scandal. “Georgia is a piece of the overall ‘control of the Senate’ puzzle,” Atlanta-based political strategist Fred Hicks told Yahoo News. Senate, will debate for the first time in Savannah, Ga., as the two candidates face off in one of the country’s most high-profile and consequential elections in November. Raphael Warnock, Georgia’s Democratic incumbent, and Herschel Walker, the state’s Republican nominee for the U.S. Two years after Georgia played a significant role in determining political control of the country, all eyes are on the Peach State once again.
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