Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock try to combat waning interest in overtime election
The Mitch McConnell-aligned Senate Leadership Fund is now funding the operation on Walker's behalf to the tune of $2 million.Warnock's campaign, meanwhile, is adding 300 paid staffers and new ground game offices in key urban and suburban counties. The campaign tells Axios it plans to knock on more doors during the runoff than it did in the four months before the general election.
Walker supporters Rodger Hallam and Carlotta Monningh of Locust Grove, Ga. told Axios they're concerned about turnout. "There was so much hype about the first election with the senator, governor…and now we're looking at just one," Hallam said. "I'm sure not as many people will come out. I hope that they do."Between the lines:reporters Wednesday that Republicans have "a second chance in Georgia to get it right," compared to November when he said the party nationally underperformed among centrist voters.
"50 is better than 49 and we’re going to give it everything we've got," he said of the number of Republicans in the Senate.
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