Georgia has become a major political battleground over the last several election cycles. And polls in the state have closed within the last hour. Republicans are looking at the Senate race between Sen. Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker as a potential pickup. This race alone could swing Congress’ upper chamber into Republican control.
“As you can see, it’s been record turnout. Just in the last week, we’ve had over 100,000 people than we’ve ever had in a turnout in early voting,” said Representative Erica Thomas, D-Ga.
According to Thomas, incumbent Warnock has been up in the polls, but Republicans want a comeback and believe Herschel is their candidate. But not all Republicans are backing him.
“We shall see, just in a few hours, what is really going to happen between Herschel Walker and Senator Warnock. But I’m telling you right now, we may have an upset and we may have a surprise, I don’t know exactly what’s going to happen. But we’re going to see something that we’ve never seen tonight,” Thomas said.
Thomas said she’s expecting a lot of change happening in Georgia in the future, and she said that could have a major effect on voting at the polls.
“A lot more of minorities are moving into the state of Georgia. We are now over 40% of Georgians that are minority and that are Democrat. And so we have to really look at that and say that you know what, these people are voting for issues that are dear to their heart,” Thomas said.
