While his campaign remains mired in charges of racism and controversy, Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mike Collins is actively recruiting Black conservatives to defeat incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff. Saturday, leaders of the Georgia Black Republican Council rallied behind the two-term U.S. representative from Jackson in one of the nation’s most hotly contested midterm elections. […]
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What Warnock’s Win Means for Black Voters
West End resident Britney Ball was “ecstatic” late Tuesday night when she learned Raphael Warnock had beaten Herschel Walker in their highly publicized U.S. Senate runoff election. The 34-year-old Ball, an engaged mother of two, was at the Rock Steady Caribbean restaurant in West Atlanta with 12 of her friends around 11:30 p.m. when she […]
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‘I Am Georgia’: Read Raphael Warnock’s Victory Speech
After a marathon election battle culminated in victory on Tuesday night, all Sen. Raphael Warnock could do was smile. At the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in Downtown, the Democratic incumbent stood before chanting supporters, staff, and family, thanking everyone along the way. “After being on the ballot five times in the last two years — for […]
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Warnock Edges Out Walker in Runoff Race Photo Finish
Georgia voters are sending Sen. Raphael Warnock back to Washington for six years. The Ebenezer Baptist Church pastor won the historic U.S. Senate runoff race against his scandal-plagued Republican rival, Herschel Walker. With all of the precincts reporting, Warnock finished with 51.35% of the vote to Walker’s 48.65%. In all, more than 3.5 million votes […]
