(9 Nov 2022)
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Atlanta - 9 November 2022
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State:
"We saw Georgians from all over this state cast their ballots to make their voice heard. It's still a wonderful thing. This vote, this democracy, this republic. I still stand in awe of what we saw and what our forefathers have built on this nation. Something so unique in human history. It's truly divinely inspired."
++WHITE FLASH++
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State:
"We need all candidates who come up short to acknowledge it and to come back and fight within our system another day if that's their so choice. There is one race in our state that is going to be moving to the December 6th runoff. That is the race for the United States Senate between Senator Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker. Our office has already begun the behind the scenes work to start building the ballots. So ballots are being built as we speak and counties are making preparations."
++WHITE FLASH++
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State:
"At the end of the day, everyone wants to know that we have honest and fair elections and we do. I would ask the voters to come out and vote one last time. We have no control over how many campaign ads voters are going to see over the next 30 days, but we'll make sure that we have honest and fair elections."
STORYLINE:
Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker will meet in a Dec. 6 runoff in Georgia after neither reached the general election majority required under state law.
That sets up a four-week blitz that again will test whether voters are more concerned about inflation under Democratic control of Washington or the Republican candidate's rocky past.
The runoff campaign will be a four-week blitz that, depending on the outcomes in other Senate contests, could reprise the 2020 election cycle, when two Senate runoffs in Georgia doubled as a national winner-take-all battle for Senate control. Victories from Warnock and Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., left the chamber divided 50-50 between the two major parties, with Vice President Kamala Harris giving Democrats the tie-breaking vote.
It will mean another month of Warnock hammering Walker, who is making his first bid for public office, as unqualified and Walker assailing Warnock as a rubber-stamp for the White House.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced the runoff Wednesday. On Tuesday, he successfully won reelection against state Rep. Bee Nguyen and Libertarian Ted Metz.
Republicans won 33 Senate seats, while in the House, they won 96 seats and were leading in five other races The Associated Press had not yet called early Wednesday.
All 180 House seats and 56 Senate seats were up for election.
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