The run-off battle begins today for Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock in Georgia

On Wednesday Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced that the Senate race between Democrat incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker will move into a run-off race. Neither candidate met the required 50% of total votes cast so now there will be a run-off election held on December 6. With 98% of the votes counted, Warnock is up over Walker by less than one percent – 49.4% to 48.5%.

Campaign activities started immediately from both candidates. Raphael Warnock went straight for campaign contributions as he tweeted out the news.

Warnock is a strong fundraiser, and a majority of his campaign contributions come from out-of-state donors. Herschel Walker’s most recent FEC filing shows his total from 3/17/2021 to 10/19/2022 as $37,781,780.84.

Biden’s handlers were right to keep him off the campaign trail and instead to allow Jill Biden and Barack Obama to do some get-out-the-vote heavy lifting toward the end of the campaign season. Biden finds success when he stays out of the public’s view.