With states like Florida and Ohio turning a deeper shade of red, Democrats are desperate to broaden their national playing field — and Georgia appears to be their prime target following the 2020 election.
That year, President Joe Biden won the presidency and Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff flipped the state’s Senate seats. Biden even suggested moving up its presidential primary to fourth on the calendar in his recent letter to the Democratic National Committee.
That theory — or hope — of Georgia as a swing state faces a significant test on Tuesday.
With Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp emerging as Herschel Walker’s surrogate of choice during the homestretch, the results of the runoff could be viewed as a litmus test for Georgia Democrats. Specifically, whether the state has emerged as a true toss-up.
If Warnock wins despite Kemp’s willingness to lend his personal popularity and turnout apparatus to Walker, Democrats might actually be on to something. Though many in both parties would agree Walker has been a less-than-stellar nominee, he now has the firm, outspoken support of the state and national GOP behind him.
If that’s not enough to put him over the top, Republicans’ problems in Georgia are likely down to something more lasting than “candidate quality” issues.
On the flip side, a Walker victory would — for many of the same reasons — point precisely in the opposite direction. Georgia Republicans this year notched a clean sweep of statewide positions, with the exception, so far, of the US Senate seat still up for grabs. If Walker wins, despite all the concerns around his campaign, it will underscore the GOP’s abiding strength in the Peach State as long as Trump is out of sight and mind.
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