Herschel Walker and the Real Face of Abortion

Following his final defeat in the runoff for a Senate seat in Georgia, Herschel Walker has now lost the same election twice in a month. Both races were close, with Walker trailing incumbent Raphael Warnock by less than a point on Election Day, and by about two and a half points in the runoff.

While Warnock had the advantage of incumbency, there is little doubt from these results that this was a winnable race in the hands of a better Republican candidate. Republicans remained the majority party in Georgia in 2022. A mediocre Republican candidate won the lieutenant governor’s race by five points, and another Republican won the attorney general’s race by five; these were the smallest margins of Republican victories in statewide office in 2022. Governor Brian Kemp won his reelection by seven and a half points. Republicans won nine of the state’s 14 House races, with a cumulative statewide margin almost identical to Kemp’s. Republicans lost a few seats in the state legislature but maintained a 33-23 majority in the state senate and a 101-79 majority in the state house.

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Dan McLaughlin

Dan McLaughlin is a senior writer at National Review Online and a fellow at National Review Institute.

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Following his final defeat in the runoff for a Senate seat in Georgia, Herschel Walker has now lost the same election twice in a month. Both races were close, with Walker trailing incumbent Raphael Warnock by less than a point on Election Day, and by about two and a half points in the runoff.

While Warnock had the advantage of incumbency, there is little doubt from these results that this was a winnable race in the hands of a better Republican candidate. Republicans remained the majority party in Georgia in 2022. A mediocre Republican candidate won the lieutenant governor’s race by five points, and another Republican won the attorney general’s race by five; these were the smallest margins of Republican victories in statewide office in 2022. Governor Brian Kemp won his reelection by seven and a half points. Republicans won nine of the state’s 14 House races, with a cumulative statewide margin almost identical to Kemp’s. Republicans lost a few seats in the state legislature but maintained a 33-23 majority in the state senate and a 101-79 majority in the state house.