The Dec. 6 runoff means it could be weeks until control of the Senate is known, unless Democrats hold off Republican challengers in Nevada and Arizona
majority required under state law, ensuring an expensive, bitter fight that could still determine which party controls the Senate going forward.
Warnock, 53, acknowledged the likelihood of a runoff in the wee hours of Wednesday morning as he urged the supporters who remained at his election night party to gird themselves for more. Walker tried throughout the general election campaign to frame a referendum on national Democrats, caricaturing Warnock as a yes-man for President Joe Biden amid sustained inflation. The former college and professional football star campaigns as a cultural and fiscal conservative but has offered a scant policy agenda should he be elected.
Walker is a close friend of Trump’s and got into the race at the former president’s urging, but Walker hasn’t campaigned with Trump thus far, saying he wants to win on his own. On Wednesday, Warnock’s campaign manager highlighted Walker’s weaknesses compared with victorious GOP nominees in Georgia. Quentin Fulks tweeted that Walker “significantly underperformed in an environment that set him up for success.” Fulks added that Walker “underperformed Trump’s vote share in rural, suburban and urban counties.”
The runoff could turn on whether Walker can overcome voters’ concerns by capitalizing on their angst about the economy.
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