In Georgia, Herschel Walker, a former star football player, is running to unseat Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock. He is one of the biggest names on the list of midterm candidates endorsed by Donald Trump.
Walker, who has no previous political experience, entered the race last August and is expected to cruise to the GOP nomination in next week’s primary election.
He fronts the GOP’s attempt to wrestle back control of a once dependably red state that flipped blue in 2020 and the Senate, where runoff election victories by Warnock and Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff gave Democrats a razor-thin majority.
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Who is Herschel Walker?
Walker is a former running back who led a formidable NFL career, most of it spent with the Dallas Cowboys.
But he gained most acclaim from his college football career at the University of Georgia, where he led the Bulldogs to a championship and won the 1982 Heisman trophy, awarded to the best player in college football.
Walker can claim no prior experience holding public office, but he has voiced his political opinions for years. The Wrightsville, Georgia-raised Walker was an early supporter of Trump’s presidential run. He backed the former president in 2015 and has been a vocal ally…
