Skip to main content
Friday, November 13, 2026Nov 13

How Georgia’s Senate runoff between Walker and Warnock works

A stack of stickers sits atop the ballot scanner during the mid-term election Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 at Lawrenceville Road United Methodist Church in Tucker, Ga. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
A stack of stickers sits atop the ballot scanner during the mid-term election Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 at Lawrenceville Road United Methodist Church in Tucker, Ga. (AP Photo/Ben Gray) A stack of stickers sits atop the ballot scanner during the mid-term election Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 at Lawrenceville Road United Methodist Church in Tucker, Ga. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Georgia’s election runoff rules could determine control of the Senate for the second time in a row, and Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock finds himself in the middle of it again — this time against Republican Herschel Walker.

Two years ago, two runoff election wins in Georgia tipped the Senate into Democratic hands.

This time, the candidates have just four weeks between the general election and the runoff to make their case, instead of the nine they had before.

Here’s a look at why that is, who the contenders are and how the Georgia Senate race will be decided in December:

WHO’S ON THE BALLOT?