Tue Nov 22, 2022 – 3:58 pm EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – With the midterms for Congress having ended largely in disappointment for Republicans, eyes now turn to Georgia, where a runoff election for the U.S. Senate’s last outstanding seat will decide if the chamber’s current balance will be preserved or shift in Democrats’ favor.
On November 8, the election for the seat concluded with the Democrat incumbent, pro-abortion “Reverend” Raphael Warnock, receiving 49.4% of the vote and his Republican challenger, football player and business owner Herschel Walker, receiving 48.5%. Because neither candidate reached above 50%, the two must square off in a runoff election on December 6 (minus Libertarian candidate Chase Oliver, who got 2.1%).
For months, many on both sides predicted that Republicans would sweep into strong majorities in both chambers of Congress in response to President Joe Biden’s unpopular handling of numerous issues. Instead, the GOP barely won a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives and failed to wrestle the Senate from razor-thin Democrat control.
If Walker, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, is able to unseat Warnock, it would preserve the Senate’s current 50-50 split, under which Vice President
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