Georgia Has Voted for Raphael Warnock Many, Many Times

You have to keep pulling the lever for the guy.

Later this morning, I, a Georgia resident, will be (early) voting for Raphael Warnock in his runoff election for the United States Senate against his Republican challenger Herschel Walker. The race is the one remaining, lingering race from the 2022 midterms, thanks to Georgia’s (historically sinister) laws that require a runoff between the top two candidates if no one reaches 50 percent in the general election. I am excited to vote for Sen. Warnock for many reasons: Because he’s an effective, empathetic politician; an inspiring speaker; a center-left candidate who appeals to both the center and left; a stealth 2028 Presidential candidate (if he wins); because Herschel Walker is one of my favorite football players ever but has absolutely no business being anywhere near the United States Senate.

But here’s another reason I’m voting for Warnock: I am really, really good at voting for Raphael Warnock. I’ve had a lot of practice.

On January 30, 2020, just about a month and a half until the world changed forever, Raphael Warnock, preacher at Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. Warnock was considered an instant favorite against fellow Democrats Matt Lieberman and Ed Tarver in…