Herschel Walker, the Republican Senate candidate in Georgia, faces Democratic incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock in the nation’s most bruising election of the 2022 midterm cycle.
Both sides spent more than $241 million on the race while neither candidate reached the 50 percent mark required to seal the election. Per Georgia state election law, Walker and Warnock advance to a head-to-head run-off election.
The campaign turned particularly nasty in the hours before last Tuesday’s election. The runoff cycle will be no different.
Walker, for his part, raised an eye-popping $3.3 million in the first 24 hours of the new race. But his campaign has had to contend with the presence of former president Donald Trump.
Walker’s campaign asked Trump to campaign elsewhere during the race’s closing hours. Walker’s campaign has welcomed the help of popular Republican governors like Brian Kemp of Georgia and Ron DeSantis of Florida.
Earlier this week, Trump declared his intentions to run for the presidency in 2024. He also went out of his way to endorse Walker, whom he called “a great athlete who will be an even better Senator.”
The Warnock campaign released an ad Friday that targeted Trump’s endorsement of Walker. The ad shows Trump’s endorsement of Walker from his resort Mar-a-Largo in Florida.
“Get out and vote for Herschel Walker,” Trump says in the ad.
The screen fades to black and then says, “Stop Donald Trump. Stop Herschel Walker.”
Georgia voters head to the polls on Dec. 6th.
[The Hill]
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