Week In Review: Georgia Senate runoff and Republicans keep statewide offices

November 12th, 2022

Gov. Brian Kemp with his family during an election night victory speech on Nov. 8, 2022. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

Warnock vs. Walker goes to overtime…

“I’m going to need you to stick with me for four more weeks because we’ve got some unfinished business.”@ReverendWarnock in Atlanta backed by the John Lewis mural, as the Georgia #runoffs get underway. #gapol pic.twitter.com/RncMH2PTVr
— Sam Gringlas (@gringsam) November 10, 2022

Kemp’s big win could make him a national figure…

UPDATE: The Associated Press officially calls Georgia’s Governor’s race for Republican incumbent Brian Kemp over Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams and Libertarian challenger Shane Hazel. #gapol #gagov @BrianKempGA https://t.co/MphXamTq9H

— Rahul Bali (@rahulbali) November 9, 2022

Split-ticket voters, remaining purple and a battleground, a smooth election process and is GOP 2.0 maybe a thing? @gringsam and @capelouto have the takeaways from election night in Georgia. #gapol https://t.co/ytqEtcSqpw
— Patrick Saunders (@patricksaunders) November 9, 2022

Is Georgia really purple?

Republicans swept to victories in all the statewide offices Tuesday’s ballot except U.S. senator, keeping Democrats shut out for the fourth straight four-year cycle on the state level, despite Democrats’ breakthrough on the federal level in 2020. #gapol https://t.co/jeWLTzNS9b
— WABE News (@wabenews) November 9, 2022

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— WABE News (@wabenews) November 11, 2022