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News Articles: Election 2022

Walker vs. Warnock

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Political Rewind: It's official! Warnock and Walker will face off in December runoff

Wednesday at 2 p.m.: With virtually every vote in, Sen. Raphael Warnock holds a slender lead over Herschel Walker. But both candidates remain under 50%, triggering a runoff on Dec. 6. Meanwhile, Democrats lost nearly all statewide races. What does that mean for a "purple" state?

November 09, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Gov. Brian Kemp, with his wife, Marty Kemp, gives a thumbs-up sign in celebration of his reelection win over Stacey Abrams late Nov. 8, 2022.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Senate race could go to runoff; Kemp wins 2nd term; GOP sweeps down-ballot races

Wednesday at 9 a.m.: As the dust settles, Georgians know the outcomes of several races. Gov. Brian Kemp has secured a second term and Republicans hold most state offices. But there's no clear winner between Warnock and Walker as control of Congress remains unclear.

November 09, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Gov. Brian Kemp, with his wife, Marty Kemp, gives a thumbs-up sign in celebration of his reelection win over Stacey Abrams late Nov. 8, 2022.

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Kemp wins second term for governor over Abrams

Georgia voters have backed Republican Gov. Brian Kemp for a second term after his first four years in office were tested by a pandemic, protests and a tumultuous 2020 election.

November 09, 2022
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By:
  • Riley Bunch
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was one of the down ballot Republican candidates flying around Georgia with Governor Brian Kemp on the final day of campaigning.

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  • Elections

Brad Raffensperger, who defied Trump, wins reelection as Georgia secretary of state

Raffensperger earned bipartisan support after defending Georgia’s elections from conspiracies post-2020.

November 08, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Allen Temple A.M.E. church as seen from the voter line Nov. 8, 2022

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  • Politics

Top of mind for Cherokee County voters: inflation, school board

The secretary of state’s office estimated more than twice as many Georgians would vote Tuesday than what we saw on Election Day in 2020. 

November 08, 2022
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Voters

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: How quickly will we know results?; Targeting Black voters; 2nd District race

Tuesday at 2 p.m. on Political Rewind: After hours of voting, the secretary of state's office reports very few issues statewide. By tonight, most races will be settled, but at least one race could head into a runoff. Our panel sees how campaigns are ending and what role Georgia may play on the national stage.

November 08, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Georgia voters wait in line outside of a Fulton County polling location at 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 8, Election Day, ahead of casting their ballots in the crucial midterm election.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Polls open on Election Day; A potential Senate runoff; Can Abrams tie Kemp?

Monday on Political Rewind: It's Election Day in Georgia. Will the U.S. Senate race go into a runoff? Will the Abrams campaign prove the polls wrong? Will Republicans sweep down-ballot races? Our panel watches the polls in our first of two Election Day shows.

November 08, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Voting in Macon

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  • Elections

Election 2022 in Georgia: updates, results and analysis from GPB News

Reporting from around the state from the GPB News team from the polls, campaigns and parties on Election Day 2022. 

November 08, 2022
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By:
  • GPB News Staff
A sign showing the way for voters stands outside a Cobb County voting building during the first day of early voting, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, in Marietta, Ga

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  • Elections

Ballot deadline extended for some Georgia voters after error

A judge has agreed to extend the deadline to return absentee ballots for voters in a suburban Atlanta county who didn’t receive their ballots because election officials failed to mail them,

November 07, 2022
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  • Associated Press
During a 'Get Out The Vote' rally at New Fellowship Baptist Church in Macon, Ga., congregants heard from several faith leaders encouraging Black voter turnout. The rally was hosted by Faith Works, a nonpartisan voter advocacy group that also trains poll chaplains.

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  • Politics

Amid concerns of voter intimidation, poll chaplains in Georgia offer support

So-called “poll chaplains,” or election-day volunteers from places of worship, will be at select polling places on Tuesday.  They plan to  support voters and help them navigate  changes in Georgia’s election law.

November 07, 2022
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  • Sofi Gratas
U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock makes a campaign stop in Macon, Ga., one day before the state's midterm election on November 7, 2022. Joined by fellow U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff, Warnock spoke to a crowd of national press and about 20 attendees: "The two most junior senators in the Senate, but I think we've done the work for the people of Georgia, and I'm ready to do it for six more years."

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Candidates make last-day appeals to Georgia voters

Georgia candidates are making last-day appeals in races for governor and senator. Tuesday's election comes after 2.5 million people cast early ballots and campaigns spent hundreds of millions. But there were still voters to persuade on Monday with total turnout that could exceed 4.5 million by the end of Tuesday’s election.

November 07, 2022
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By:
  • Associated Press and
  • GPB News Staff

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: The final countdown for candidates; David Ralston steps down as speaker

Monday on Political Rewind: It's finally Election Week in Georgia. Herschel Walker campaigned at UGA's home game Saturday, but he may not attend a Kemp campaign rally tonight with the GOP ticket. Sen. Warnock is rallying a hometown audience in Savannah as Stacey Abrams campaigns in metro Atlanta. Plus, David Ralston steps down as Speaker of the House.

November 07, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
This combination of photos shows, Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 3, 2021, left, and Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaking in Perry, Ga., Sept. 25, 2021.

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Walker, Warnock offer clashing religious messages in Georgia

Both Sen. Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker feature faith as part of their public identities. But they do it in distinct ways, jousting in moral terms on matters from abortion, race and criminal justice to each other's personal lives and behavior.

November 07, 2022
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By:
  • Associated Press
A person drops off a mail-in ballot at an election ballot return box in Willow Grove, Pa., Oct. 25, 2021. On Tuesday, May 3, 2022, The Associated Press reported on a film that used a flawed analysis of cellphone location data and ballot drop box surveillance footage to cast doubt on the results of the 2020 presidential election.

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  • Elections

Over 1K absentee ballots never mailed to some Georgia voters

A Georgia county's election official has admitted failing to mail more than 1,000 absentee ballots to voters who asked for them. Most of the Cobb County voters who weren't sent their ballots will now have to vote in person on Election Day if they want to vote.

November 07, 2022
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By:
  • Associated Press
Republican Herschel Walker and Sen. Raphael Warnock are crisscrossing the state in the final hours of the 2022 midterm election hoping to turn out enough voters to avoid a runoff.

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  • Politics

Warnock, Walker push to avoid runoff in Senate showdown

Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker face off in a race that could once again decide which party controls the U.S. Senate.

November 04, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
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