By the numbers: On Election Day, Walker underperformed the rest of the Georgia Republican ticket, running 7 points behind Gov. Walker and Warnock have been contacted for comment. Heisman Trophy winner and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Herschel Walker speaks at a rally on May 23, 2022, in Athens, Georgia. The Emerson. Politics senate Georgia 2022 elections Herschel Walker Is A Messy Candidate, But The Georgia Senate Race Is Still A Toss-Up Despite his many scandals and gaffes, polls show the former football star trailing only slightly behind Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock. (Right) Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) meets with community members to encourage them to come out and vote on the first day of early voting on October 17, 2022 in Duluth, Georgia. Republicans see Warnock - the senior pastor at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King Jr. used to preach, and who defeated GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler by a razor-thin margin to capture the seat a year and a half ago - as very vulnerable as he runs for re-election. Forty-nine percent (49%) of Georgia voters think marijuana should be legal for recreational purposes in the state of Georgia, while 38% think it should not be. Republican lawmakers are looking to the midterm elections to flip the Senate, which is currently split 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats, with Vice President Kamala Harris as the tie-breaking vote. President Joe Biden has a 42% approval in Georgia while 49% disapprove of the job he is doing as President. Malloy noted that "with both candidates getting positive numbers on honesty, empathy and leadership, Kemp and Abrams are in a Governor's race too close to call. According to the final Landmark Communications poll, Walker leads Senator Warnock by 47 percent to 46. The survey shows Walker leading Warnock by one point, or 48 percent to the Democrat's 47 percent. What's happening: Walker's ties to former President Trump and struggles communicating his positions on the campaign trail have made him uniquely ill-suited to win over swing voters, who have made the difference in recent closely contested Georgia elections. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! This time, Senate control is not in play, with Democrats already having secured 50 seats to go with Vice President Kamala Harriss tiebreaking vote. A new Emerson College Polling/The Hill poll of Georgia finds U.S. "Herschel Walker is down but not out of the race for Senate. Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia has a four-point lead over Republican candidate Herschel Walker in the state's high-profile December 6 Senate runoff, according to a new poll conducted . That poll, taken between Nov. 4 and Nov. 6, surveyed 1,103 respondents and had a 2.9% margin of error. (n=1,013 +/-3% MM) Walker leads the field of Republican candidates for the nomination with 57% of the vote, his closest competitor is Gary Black at 13%; 16% are undecided Warnock leads the Democratic Senate primary with . Walker, who has been met with a string of scandals and controversies throughout his campaign, has a 52 percent unfavorable rating, up four points from the previous Monmouth poll. The poll found that Warnock is more favored by independents with 52 percent of their support compared to Walker's 48 percent. "Walker's path to victory is narrow, but it's still there. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contactlicensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org. (RELATED: Legal Immigrants Are More Patriotic Nikki Haley Says We Should Deport Warnock At Herschel Walker Rally). In the survey, which began before the latest Walker scandal broke but ended a day after, Warnock held a larger lead among women voters in Georgia, who favor him 57% to 28%, while men are split at 44%. Gov. Senator Raphael Warnock trailing likely Republican nominee Herschel Walker 49% to 45% with 6% undecided. Moore Information Group's survey of 800 likely voters has Walker up two percentage points, 46% to 44%, against Warnock. In an InsiderAdvantage poll, conducted for Atlanta news station Fox 5, Walker is ahead with 49 percent, with Warnock polling at 47 percent. Everyone Practices Cancel Culture | Opinion, Deplatforming Free Speech is Dangerous | Opinion. 2023 FOX Television Stations. Warnock and Biden have brought us nothing but division and chaos. Walker, who backs a national ban on abortions without exceptions, denies that he ever paid for any abortions. ", Gov. Georgia Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock maintains a slight lead over his Republican challenger Herschel Walker in what remains one of the closest midterm races, according to a poll. When I get to Washington, that will change.. The Quinnipiac poll indicates Kemp and Abrams are tied at 48% support in the gubernatorial battle, essentially unchanged from the schools January survey. There had been glimpses before, but he showcased his full-range of idiocy in 2022. . A majority (52%) of voters think Georgia runs fair elections. Republican Senate candidate. 2022 is the year Herschel Walker rebranded himself as a generational IDIOT OF THE YEAR talent. He decided to give us the middle finger and air out all of his dirty laundry in public,Christian wroteon Twitter,addingthat Youre not a family man when you left us to bang a bunch of women, threatened to kill us., Walker has previously faced questions about his pastincluding suggestions that he was an absentee father to his children and that, during his divorce, he pointed a gun at his ex-wifes headand saidIm going to blow your fing brains out.. In late August, a similar poll from Emerson College showed that Walker leads Warnock 46 44%. But just as the trio of powerful Senate Republicans offered their support to Walker a proactive measure to minimize primary mudslinging in the Georgia race Black on Friday went on the attack. A TV ad by Warnocks campaign that launched earlier this month spotlights past comments by Walker saying that had a "dry mist" that would "kill any COVID on your body.". Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) holds a slim lead over his Republican rival, Herschel Walker, in Georgia's closely watched Senate race, though he's still shy . Warnock led Walker by about 37,000 votes out of about 4 million cast in the general election but fell short of the majority required under Georgia law, triggering a four-week runoff blitz. As is common with many elections, most notably the 2020 presidential vote, the Democrat is more favored among those using mail-in voting. Let us know via politics@newsweek.com. The audience of hundreds included many middle-aged white voters, a key target for Warnock as he tries to reach past core Democrats to capture voters who sometimes choose Republicans. The Beast later reported that Walker hadfathered a childwith the woman, though has Walker denied both allegations. Georgia GOP nominee Herschel Walker has pulled ahead of incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), according to a new poll. Walker is endorsed by former President Donald J. Trump and has recently campaigned with national GOP figures like former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley. Why it matters: Runoffs are typically about turning out your base a second time. Walker, who won a Heisman Trophy and helped steer the University of Georgia to a college football national championship four decades ago, jumped into the GOP race to face off against Warnock last summer after months of support and encouragement to run for the Senate by former President Donald Trump, his longtime friend. The rescue team said the man was buried up to his neck in soil. ", Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams speaks with reporters on the day of the Georgia primary, in Atlanta, on May 24, 2022. Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters. With only 4% undecided, this race could very well be headed to a General Election runoff given the fact that there seems to be few points among the various demographics up for grabs, he added. Warnock leads Walker 54%-44% among Peach State registered voters, according to the poll which was conducted June 23-27. Do you have a tip on a politics story that Newsweek should be covering? Legal Statement. Walker announced he had raised $6.2 million in the April . Data was collected using a cellphone sample of SMS-to-web, an online panel provided by Amazon MTurk, and an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system of landlines. According to the Daily Beast report this week, Walkera self-described family manpaid his former girlfriend $700 to cover the cost of an abortion and gave her a get-well card. Team Herschel, Walker's main campaign organization, paid a company named Jetts roughly $595,600 to charter private jets between March and December last Walkers also been dinged by numerous reports that he overinflated the success of his businesses and has been playing defense regarding a number of personal controversies from allegations of past abuse to children he fathered out of wedlock. In other final polls, Walker has more of a lead but still does not pass the 50 percent mark. (Fox News). Despite the growing criticisms over Walker, who described himself on the campaign trail as a family man, Republicans this week doubled down on their support, with National Republican Senate Committee chair Rick Scott saying Republicans will stand with Walker and Georgians will stand with him, too.. An East Carolina University survey, conducted in early June, also pointed to a dead heat. Illinois Gov. Senator Raphael Warnock trailing likely Republican nominee Herschel Walker 49% to 45% with 6% undecided. Per the same Trafalgar survey, Kemp, with 52.6% support, is expected to win outright, defeating Abrams for a second time with an increased margin of victory following his win against her in 2018. Pritzker keeping options open as some Democrats look for new blood, Cruz blasts Biden's 'incompetent' cabinet picks, warns vulnerable Democrats of consequences in 2024 elections, Marianne Williamson launches campaign against Biden, vows to fight 'forces of hatred, injustice and fear', Trump overwhelmingly wins CPAC's Republican primary straw poll with DeSantis coming in a distant second. Regarding gambling legality in Georgia, a plurality (43%) of voters think gambling on professional sports should be legal in Georgia while 38% think it should not be. Midterm election results - live: Gaetz, DeSantis, and Greene win as polls still have Senate on knife edge; Herschel Walker: Everything to know about ex-NFL player and his Senate challenge marred . There was an interview on CNN after the debate and, I shit you not, a "Republican Strategist" claimed that Herschel has these "down-home, aw-shucks" moments that appeal to the voters. Republican candidate and former football star Herschel Walker is leading incumbent Democratic Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock in the final round of polling before Election Day. "I feel Herschel Walker benefited by having Brian Kemp in the original election on Nov. 8, and I think Kemp not being there will hurt the Republicans a little bit," said Alpharetta resident Marcelo Salvatierra, who voted for Republican Kemp and Democrat Warnock and still supports the senator in the runoff. In the suburbs, voters are breaking for Walker by a nine-point margin, 50% to 41%, Spencer Kimball, Executive Director of Emerson College Polling, said in a press release. Walkers campaign had earlier faced a scandal after a woman alleged that he conceived a child with her in 2009 and paid her to abort the pregnancy, despite calling himself 100% pro-life on the campaign trail. Our thought bubble, with Axios Atlanta's Emma Hurt: Walker is using Kemp in TV advertising and mailers, but rarely mentions the governor on the campaign trail. His challenge comes with the middle of the Georgia electorate, a gap highlighted by his shortfall compared to Kemp. Walker said he will debate Georgia. The Senate race in Georgia between Republican Herschel Walker (left) and Democrat Raphael Warnock (right) is very close as polls open on November 8. polls open in the midterm elections on Tuesday, November 8, Live Blog: Who Won the Midterm Elections 2022?Senate, House, Governor Results, Everyone Practices Cancel Culture | Opinion, Deplatforming Free Speech is Dangerous | Opinion. Campaign finance experts expressed concern following a Fox News Digital report showing former Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker's campaign paid a defunct car wash hundreds of thousands of dollars for private jet travel. On Wednesday, the Moore Information Group published an internal poll for the Walker campaign revealing that Herschel Walker holds a four-point lead over Warnock in the Georgia Senate. Trafalgar polls have an A- rating from FiveThirtyEight for reliability. If you want a leader who is tough on crime, puts parents in charge of their kids education, and knows the value of a dollar, @HerschelWalker is the Senator for you., It's a great day in Georgia! Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaks at a rally featuring former President Donald Trump on Sept. 25, 2021 in Perry, Ga. | Sean Rayford/Getty Images. The Quinnipiac poll questioned 1,497 registered voters in Georgia, with an overall sampling error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points. In Ohio, Republican J.D. . Warnock wins the support of women 61 - 37 percent, while Walker wins the support of men 52 - 45 percent. Other Senate races across the country polled by Trafalgar show GOP challengers leading their Democratic incumbents. "I don't care about someone who has a bad past and takes accountability Georgia Senate candidates Herschel Walker and incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock, (Republican National Convention/Handout via Reuters | Tom Williams/Pool via Reuters). Among white college-educated voters, Kemp tallied 63%, according to the Edison Research exit poll a 5-point edge over Walker with that traditionally Republican voting bloc. ATLANTA - With early voting reaching record numbers, a new poll says that the race to be Georgia's next senator is deadlocked. The Senate race in Georgia between Republican Herschel Walker (left) and Democrat Raphael Warnock (right) is very close as polls open on November 8. Salvatierra said he backed Kemps re-election "because it seems to me Georgia has done well." Other close races include the Pennsylvania Senate race, where Republican candidate and former TV personality Mehmet Oz is trailing in the polls, Wisconsin, where incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson (R) holds a narrow lead, and Ohio, where Republican nominee J.D. If you want a leader who is tough on crime, puts parents in charge of their kids education, and knows the value of a dollar, send @HerschelWalker to the Senate! The race between Walker and Warnock has been close, with Walker maintaining a steady lead in recent weeks, at an average of 0.5% per RealClearPolitics, a statistical tie. Walker polled 38% support compared to 50% for Warnock,according to SurveyUSA, which conducted the poll for 11Alive News in Atlanta. The new survey from FrederickPolls, COMPETE Digital and AMMPolitical shows both Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Challenge Herschel Walker tied at 50 percent each ahead of the Dec. 6 runoff. Regarding gambling on college sports, a plurality (46%) think it should not be legal and 36% think it should be. Walker is receiving 12% support from African American respondents.. In a potential runoff should neither Kemp or Perdue receive 50%, Kemp bests Perdue 44% to 39% while 16% are undecided. Herschel Walker is a kid from a small town in Georgia who has lived the American Dream, and now he is running for the United States Senate to keep that dream alive for you, too. "When you go home, please tell all your friends that were like, on the fence, to get on the correct side of the fence," Matthews said. Getty/AP In an InsiderAdvantage poll,. In the final undecided Senate contest of 2022, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia holds a narrow lead over Republican challenger Herschel Walker among those likely to vote in a runoff. Polls and conversations with top strategists in both parties suggest Tuesday's Georgia Senate runoff will be close but that Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) holds a small but resilient advantage over Herschel Walker. Of the other previous seven polls, Walker has led in the most recent three, Warnock in another three and the seventh a draw between the pair. The poll, conducted by Insider Advantage/Fox 5, shows that Warnock has lost four points since July, while Walker has picked up two points. The Georgia Senate race is still too close to call with less than two weeks until Election Day. "Herschel Walker fumbles on honesty and tumbles on favorability as Raphael Warnock surges ahead in the race for senator," Quinnipiac University polling analyst Tim Malloy noted. According to FiveThirtyEight's national poll average, Warnock is slightly ahead of Walker by just over 2 points (47.4 percent to 45 percent). For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact, Parents Outraged to Find New Minnesota School Has No Girls Bathroom, Lack of Juvenile Center Beds Leaves Unruly Youths Disrupting Tennessee Department of Childrens Services. Market data provided by Factset. The survey, seen as one of the most accurate polling groups by poll trackers FiveThirtyEight and Real Clear Politics, was conducted with 1,214 likely voters, with a margin of error of 2.8 percent, meaning the race could still go either way. Experts expressed concern after a report showed former Senate candidate Herschel Walker's campaign paid a defunct car wash hundreds of thousands of dollars for private jet travel. John Thune (R-S.D.) Given the opportunity - and the appropriate prop - Herschel Walker could have justifiably punctuated his walk off the U.S. Senate . Walker has fallen substantially from polling in June, when he was locked at a 47% tie with Warnock, according to an East Carolina University poll. FiveThirtyEight, a polling aggregator, gives SurveyUSAs polla grade of Afor reliability. Walker leads Warnock by 3.2 points, with the support of 49.7% of respondents, in a Trafalgar poll released Monday. According to the survey, inflation (at 41%) is the most important issue facing Georgia voters, followed by gun violence (15%), abortion (10%), and election laws (10%). By all accounts, Georgia's Senate runoff election between Republican Herschel Walker and Democrat Raphael Warnock is going to be just as close as the last several held in the state, with. West Long Branch, NJ - The U.S. Senate race in Georgia remains tight. Warnock won a special election and now is seeking a full six-year term. "Character matters and I sense he doesnt have character," Salvatierra said. Thirty percent (30%) think it does not, and 18% are undecided. (n=1,013 +/-3% MM). During the ongoing campaign, Walker has called himself100% pro-lifewith no exceptions. RealClearPolitics - Election 2022 - Georgia Senate - Walker vs. Warnock It is important to remember that subsets based on gender, age, party breakdown, ethnicity, and region carry with them higher margins of error, as the sample size is reduced. 28 Nov 2022 0 3:14 Georgia's Republican Senate hopeful Herschel Walker is narrowly edging out Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) in the state's upcoming Senate runoff race, a Phillips Academy poll found. 1:15. In the race for Governor of Georgia, incumbent Brian Kemp has an 11-point lead over former Senate candidate David Perdue, 43% to 32%; 17% are undecided. Warnock's best hope is to hold Herschel Walker just under 50 percent and live to fight on in a now shortened Georgia runoff which would favor Walker," Towery said. Herschel Walker's son Christian Walker blasted his dad's bid for a Georgia Senate seat by calling him a bad father, a liar and a hypocrite just hours after a news report Monday said the GOP nominee got a woman pregnant and paid for her abortion more than a decade ago. Now, the sheriff's office is hoping to reignite the search on this cold case. On Tuesday, more than 309,000 Georgians voted in-person. The Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll finds the Democrat with better . Although Walker's opponent, Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock, is leading by 1.5 percentage points according to current polling averages, some experts feel the race is even tighter. Former President Donald Trump,writing on Truth Social, claimed that Walker was being slandered and maligned by the Fake News Media, and obviously, the Democrats., However, Walkers son, Christian, who is a conservative social media personality, has claimed that the allegations against his father are true and criticized him for running for the Senate. (Fox News). Elsewhere, Warnock has a 43 percent unfavorable rating among potential Georgia voters, and a net positive rating of 51 percent. Both parties are once again expecting their respective paths to the Senate majority to go through Georgia,. Polls and conversations with top strategists in both parties suggest Tuesday's Georgia Senate runoff will be close but that Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) holds a small but resilient advantage over Herschel Walker. Poll shows Herschel Walker far ahead in Georgia Senate primary The Trump-backed former football star has strong support from self-described moderate Republicans. Georgia Republican candidate Herschel Walker holds a thin, 2-point lead in his race against incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) for a seat in the upper chamber, according to a poll. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Walker, the legendary former . Walker, for his part, has drawn enthusiastic crowds in the early weeks of the runoff, as well, and his campaign aides remain confident that he has no problem among core Republicans. That is a dramatic swing from Quinnipiacs last poll in the Georgia Senate race, which indicated the contest was basically tied in January. Other women have made similar allegations about Walker, though he has dismissed the claims. Walker polled 38% support compared to 50% for Warnock, . and John Barrasso (R-Wyo. Warnock is winning among younger voters and seniors but trails badly among those 40-64. Republican candidate and former football star Herschel Walker is leading incumbent Democratic Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock in the final round of polling before Election Day. The hotly contested Senate contest in Georgia will advance to a runoff between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker on December 6, CNN projects. or redistributed. Kemp got ahead of other leading Republicans in issuing a full-throated, At the same time, the Walker campaign was declining to comment and has remained silent ever since, even as. Democrats, however, are counting on several races, including in Georgia, to keep control of the chamber. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content. "It's pretty reasonable to come up with turnout scenarios where either candidate is slightly ahead. Warnock leads 88%-10% among Black voters, while Walker wins the support of White voters 62%-35%. Looking ahead to the November general election, Brian Kemp leads Stacey Abrams 51% to 44% with 5% undecided in hypothetical ballot tests. He was also the Republican nominee in the 2022 United States Senate election in Georgia.. Walker played college football at the University of Georgia, where he won the Heisman Trophy as a junior. The poll. who endorsed the Trump-backed Walker last week. poll of Georgia finds U.S. race to be Georgia's next senator is deadlocked. According to the poll, 97 percent of likely voters in the Peach State say they were "definitely voting" for their choice, essentially locking themselves for their candidate. Herschel Walker rising in Georgia Senate race by Herald Staff September 15th, 2022 Print According to a new poll, former NFL star Herschel Walker, right, is the favorite in the midterm. Photo Herschel Walker byHerschel Walker. Taking aim at the poll, National Republican Senatorial Committee communications director Chris Hartline said on Twitter that "If you believe that Quinnipiac poll in Georgia, I have some beads and trinkets Id like to trade you for the island of Manhattan. The survey, commissioned by pro-Walker super PAC 34N22, is based on responses from 400 likely Republican primary voters and has a margin of error of 4.9 percent. Walker leads Warnock by 3.2 points, with the support of 49.7% of respondents, in a Trafalgar poll released Monday. In terms of Election Day voting, the Republican is more favored among voters. The story referred to a card sent to the woman that Walker had allegedly signed and a $575 receipt from the abortion clinic, which was not published. And of course, the Democrats who understand all of this (i.e., Democrats who could not care less about the pro-life position), will prominently mention Walkers foibles to one and all during the campaign because they know/understand how the one-issue pro-life people will respond to all of this. According to Georgia law, if neither candidate receives 50 percent of the vote, the race will be decided in a runoff election in December between the top two vote-getters. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Megan Varner/Getty Images). Thanks to his legendary status among many in Georgia and his immense, favorable, name recognition in the Peach State, Walker instantly became the overwhelming front-runner for the GOP Senate nomination and basically ignored the field of lesser-known primary rivals, declining to take part in debates as he focused his campaign on Warnock. Walker and Warnocks campaigns did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Towery also predicted that Georgia could see another run-off election. ATLANTA - A new InsiderAdvantage/FOX 5 poll shows Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock leading Republican challenger Herschel Walker in the race for U.S. Senate in Georgia after a new report of . Neither campaign immediately responded to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation. Herschel Junior Walker (born March 3, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. As the polls open in the midterm elections on Tuesday, November 8, the Donald Trump-endorsed Walker is ahead of Warnock in several final polls, albeit none of which show him passing the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a December run-off election. Results from the poll, conducted Oct. 11-14, shows the primary electorate had coalesced around Walker before Senate GOP leaders changed course and publicly offered their support last week endorsements that also followed news of Walkers $3.7 million third-quarter fundraising haul. @TeamHerschel #GASen pic.twitter.com/R9e9huMa7j, Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) September 9, 2022. I believe were a great country full of generous people. However, a majority (58%) of undecided Republican gubernatorial primary voters say Trumps endorsement of Perdue has no impact on their vote, noted Spencer Kimball, Executive Director of Emerson College Polling. I think we need to have that conversation now, Black told reporters Friday. Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in New Hampshire. A new poll indicates that Georgia GOP candidate Herschel Walker is gaining speed in the Peach Tree States senate race against incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA). The poll, conducted by Insider Advantage/Fox 5, shows that Warnock has lost four points since July, while Walker has picked up two points. Discussing the results, InsiderAdvantage Chairman Matt Towery said that as the Georgia races for governor and lieutenant governor appear to be going to Republican candidates outright (Governor Brian Kemp and Burt Jones respectively), signs look good that Walker could also avoid a run-off. Following the report, Walkers son and conservative social media star Christian Walker released several videos on social media accusing Walker of committing atrocities against his mother and having sex with other women instead of raising his children. The poll was conducted between Sept. 30 and Oct. 4, with The Beasts story being published on Oct. 3. A new Monmouth University survey, published on Wednesday, shows that 49 percent of potential voters said they would definitely or probably back Warnock in the November 8 election, compared to 44 percent who said the same thing about Walker. The race is one of a handful across the country that could determine if the GOP, in Novembers midterms, wins back the Senate majority they lost when Warnock and now-Sen. Jon Ossoff swept Georgias twin Jan. 5, 2021, runoff elections. Walker leads Warnock among rural voters 58% to 24% while Warnock leads Walker 66% to 25% among urban voters. Have I missed something in my foregoing recitation? The SurveyUSA poll put Warnock, Georgias first-term Senator and a Baptist pastor, ahead of Walker, a former University of Georgia running back, 50% to 38% among more than 1,000 likely voters, in the new poll, conducted between Sept. 30 and Oct. 4. It's been five years since a Carroll County man mysteriously disappeared from his home. Walker and Warnock will participate in a head-to-head debate on Oct. 14, hosted by WSAV-TV. Georgians did not let the shortened early moving period keep them from turning out in records numbers. Do you have a question about the midterm elections? Republican hopes of taking control of the U.S. Senate in November could hinge on former football star Herschel Walker, a first-time candidate endorsed by Donald Trump, whose campaign appears to be . In today's poll, Democrats (97 - 2 percent) and independents (62 - 33 percent) back Warnock, while Republicans (93 - 7 percent) back Walker. Among other voters likely to cast their votes using mail-in ballots within the next two weeks, 52 percent said they will back Warnock compared to 44 percent who said they would vote for Walker. Herschel Walker. Both national polls' average suggest the Georgia Senate race will advance into a run-off, just like the 2020 Senate race in which Warnock eventually won.