Battle lines drawn in Georgia runoff as political groups ramp up spending with Senate majority on the line
Fox News
Expect a deluge of ads to come in the Georgia Senate runoff between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker as the race could determine Senate control
Warnock finished roughly 35,000 votes ahead of Walker out of nearly 4 million votes cast in Tuesday’s election. The Georgia secretary of state's office announced Wednesday that the Senate election was headed to a runoff since no candidate received over 50% of the vote. According to the latest unofficial and incomplete returns, Warnock was at 49.4%, Walker at 48.5% and Libertarian Party nominee Chase Oliver at 2.1%.
Under Georgia law, if no candidate tops 50% of the vote in the general election, the two top vote-getters face off in a runoff, which this cycle is being held four weeks later on Dec. 6.