Warnock defeats Walker in Georgia, giving Democrats 51-49 senate majority
Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock emerged as winner Tuesday night in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff race against Republican challenger Herschel Walker, giving the incumbent’s party a 51-49 advantage in the upper chamber and helping to temper the obstructionist power of the GOP and right-wing Democrats like West Virginia’s Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.
The Associated Press, NBC News, Decision Desk HQ, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and other outlets projected a Warnock victory as tallied ballots from heavily Democratic metro Atlanta gave the incumbent a late surge of support over Walker, an ex-National Football League star backed by former President Donald Trump.
Progressive economist and former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich congratulated Warnock, “the people of Georgia, and everyone who cares about preserving and strengthening democracy.”
May Boeve, executive director of the climate group 350 Action, said in a statement that “the crucial Senate majority secured by Warnock’s win will help key legislators implement real solutions and ensure that climate legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act protects our communities from further devastating climate impacts.”
The Nation publisher Katrina Vanden Heuvel noted in her congratulatory tweet that “Democrats can do a lot more with 51 Senate seats.”
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