Georgia voters on Tuesday decked up a United States Senate contest as Southern as the sugariest of sweet teas.
What could be more Southern, after all, than a preacher taking on a football star?
It’s more than Democrat vs. Republican. More than liberal vs. conservative. Heck, it’s Sunday vs. Saturday.
Barring anything unexpected, the Peach State’s November Senate race will pit U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, who won a special election runoff in January 2021 to fill the unexpired term of Johnny Isakson, against Herschel Walker, who is the most celebrated football player in the history of the University of Georgia.
It is also the first U.S. Senate general election in Georgia pitting one Black candidate against another.