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News Articles: Herschel Walker

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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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
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
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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  • 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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  • 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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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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  • Stephen Fowler
Gabriel Sterling, a top Georgia elections official, speaks on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, during a news conference in Atlanta. On Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, Sterling called on President Donald Trump to condemn supporters who have threatened violence against election officials. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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Political Rewind: Gabe Sterling talks quicker election results; Hall endorses GOP; Trump teases run

Friday on Political Rewind: Today is the last day of early voting. And as the midterm elections reach a crucial phase @GabrielSterling joins us to talk about Georgia's electoral process. He'll discuss record early voting, potential challenges, and how quickly results will come down on election night.

November 04, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Voting access; U.S. Senate race could determine control; New Trump emails released

Thursday on Political Rewind: Over 2 million Georgians have already voted. Our panel weighs in on who has access to the polls. Plus, Georgia's U.S. Senate race could determine who has the majority. Meanwhile: Emails show Trump lawyers hoped Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas would assist in a voter fraud case in Georgia.

November 03, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
2nd Jane Doe accuses Walker of paying for her abortion.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: 2nd Walker accuser on GMA; New AJC poll; Affirmative action case in Supreme Court

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Herschel Walker's second accuser appears on Good Morning America. A new AJC poll leans towards a runoff in the Senate. 

November 01, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Herschel Walker, left, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., gesture to the crowd as they arrive for a campaign stop in Cumming, Ga., Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022.

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  • Politics

Georgia candidates head to party bastions amid early voting

Georgia's top candidates are campaigning in communities dominated by their own supporters as they seek to boost turnout amid heavy early voting statewide. Both sides are trying to pry votes out of every cranny, knowing that even as more than 4 million people are likely to vote by Nov. 8, the outcome could be decided by mere thousands of ballots.

October 28, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Former Georgia running back and Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker attends a college football game between UAB and Georgia, Sept. 11, 2021, in Athens, Ga. Police in Irving, Texas once confiscated a gun from Walker following a domestic disturbance because the former football legend talked about having “a shoot-out with police.” The revelation was included in a 2001 police report that recently obtained by The Associated Press.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Second woman alleges Walker paid for abortion; Latino vote; Poll workers

Thursday on Political Rewind: A second woman has alleged that Herschel Walker tried to convince her to have an abortion. How will it affect his campaign?



Plus, election officials brace for disruptions at polling places motivated by the "big lie" conspiracy.

And a look at Georgia's Hispanic electorate.

 

October 27, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Herschel Walker speaks during a campaign stop in Dawsonville, Ga., Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022.

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  • Elections

Second woman says Ga. Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker paid for abortion

An anonymous woman said Walker was a "hypocrite" for running an anti-abortion campaign after allegedly pressuring her to terminate a pregnancy.

October 27, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
Plant opening

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Political Rewind: 1 million Georgians cast votes; Hyundai plant breaks ground; Walker joins Greene

Wednesday on Political Rewind: 1 million Georgians already made their voices heard during the first eight days of early voting. Plus, Hyundai broke ground for a new electric vehicle plant near Savannah. Gov. Brian Kemp touted it as a win for his economic strategy. Meanwhile, Herschel Walker teams up with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. 

October 26, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Herschel Walker, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Georgia, flashes a police badge as he speak to supporters during a campaign rally Oct. 18, 2022, in Atlanta.

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Walker's chicken firm tied to benefits from unpaid labor

Herschel Walker campaigns for the U.S. Senate as a champion of free enterprise and advocate for the mentally ill, felons and others. Yet Walker, through a major chicken processor that he touts as a principal partner to one of his primary businesses, has benefited from years of unpaid labor by drug offenders routed to the facility by Oklahoma state courts. A pending federal lawsuit alleges that participants are denied their required treatments like those Walker touts.

October 25, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks with reporters about aid to Ukraine, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 10, 2022, in Washington. Attorneys representing Graham said Wednesday, July 6, that he intends to challenge a subpoena compelling him to testify before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating former President Donald Trump and his allies' actions after the 2020 election.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Lindsey Graham must testify; Record early voting; Celebrities campaign in Georgia

Friday on Political Rewind: Candidates receive new celebrity endorsements; Walker has the support of his former coach, Vince Dooley; Oprah Winfrey and Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda campaign for Warnock and Abrams. Plus, new records are set for early voting — maybe. Our panel looks at who's coming to the polls.

 

October 21, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
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