Raphael Warnock waves at supporters after winning the senate runoff election on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. - Natrice Miller/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS
If you listened closely, you could hear millions of Americans sighing with relief Tuesday night, as the results from Georgia’s runoff Senate election came in. It was close, but not too close. At night’s end, Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, bested opponent Herschel Walker, the Republican, by a margin of almost 3%. Warnock adds to the Democrats’ majority in the Senate, 51 seats to 49. That will help the party in some ways, although faced with a Republican House majority and the filibuster, real legislative progress over the next two years will be difficult. No. America’s deep breath wasn’t bas...
