Incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock prevailed in Georgia’s runoff election Tuesday night, defeating Republican challenger Herschel Walker. Warnock, who became the first Black person from Georgia to be elected to the Senate when he won a 2021 runoff, is now set to serve a full six-year term, The New York Times reports. Warnock’s victory also secured a 51-seat Democratic majority.
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