Former football star Herschel Walker (R-GA) has pulled ahead of incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) in the polls in the Georgia Senate race in the time since the two debated more than two weeks ago.
The momentum by the former University of Georgia running back comes as GOP candidates across the country are seeing a strong finish in the final stretch of polling before midterm elections.
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Walker currently leads Warnock in the Real Clear Politics polling average by 1.4 percentage points, a massive swing compared with the 3.3 percentage point lead Warnock held on Oct. 14, when the two debated in Savannah, Georgia.
Of the six major polls conducted entirely after the only debate between Walker and Warnock, Walker has led three of them and has been tied with Warnock in one.
Despite accusations from several women that Walker paid for or pressured them to get abortions, allegations that Walker has denied, he has been able to move ahead of the senator in what is expected to be one of the tightest races in the midterm elections.
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Warnock brought in former President Barack Obama, who lost Georgia both times he ran for president, to campaign with him in the Peach State in an attempt to reverse the late momentum from Walker.
