Herschel Walker Loss: Trump a Loser

The midterms finally came to an end with a familiar story: Republicans squandered another opportunity to pick up a Senate seat, this time in the Peach State, as Trump-backed Republican Herschel Walker lost to incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock. In this loss, and in the other Republican victories that surrounded it, there are lessons for Republicans nationwide — if they are willing to heed them.

For one, we’ve seen this exact same movie before. And not just earlier in this cycle, when Trump-backed Republican candidates, such as John Gibbs for the House and Blake Masters for the Senate, prevailed in their Republican primaries only to lose to Democrats. The narrow loss of both Republican-held Senate seats in Georgia to Democrats just under two years ago is also still a fresh memory for Georgians. So, lesson one: In a lot of places, Georgia very much included, Trump is not an electoral boon but a drag.

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Conor Quinn

Conor Quinn is a lifelong Georgian and currently a freshman at the University of North Georgia in Gainesville.

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The midterms finally came to an end with a familiar story: Republicans squandered another opportunity to pick up a Senate seat, this time in the Peach State, as Trump-backed Republican Herschel Walker lost to incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock. In this loss, and in the other Republican victories that surrounded it, there are lessons for Republicans nationwide — if they are willing to heed them.

For one, we’ve seen this exact same movie before. And not just earlier in this cycle, when Trump-backed Republican candidates, such as John Gibbs for the House and Blake Masters for the Senate, prevailed in their Republican primaries only to lose to Democrats. The narrow loss of both Republican-held Senate seats in Georgia to Democrats just under two years ago is also still a fresh memory for Georgians. So, lesson one: In a lot of places, Georgia very much included, Trump is not an electoral boon but a drag.