HERSCHEL WALKER

Georgia Republican Herschel Walker has accepted an invitation in his U.S. Senate race to debate Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock.

Democrats are celebrating a stunning victory for abortion rights in Republican stronghold Kansas as proof that the issue could turn back a Republican wave this fall.

Georgia Democrat Raphael Warnock is running for his first full Senate term, pitching himself as a lawmaker willing to do whatever it takes to help his state.

The SurveyUSA poll showed Sen. Warnock with 48% support among likely voters in the Peach State, while Walker received 39% support.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is taking aim at what he calls the “Biden recession” and spreading blame to Democrat Stacey Abrams while at the same time arguing his own state's economy is good.

To win reelection, Democratic Sen. Warnock may need crossover votes who also supported Republican Gov. Kemp. That's not as unlikely as it may sound.

When the U.S. Supreme Court in June overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that established a right to abortion, it sparked legal changes and court challenges in states nationwide.

Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet should be coasting to reelection. But the prospect of a big red wave gives Republicans hope,

After a bruising opening to his general election campaign for the U.S. Senate, Georgia Republican Herschel Walker is trying to deflect attention back onto Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock.

His Senate candidacy is a clear example of the warping effect that Donald Trump has had on the Republican Party nationally.

In key states, polls show Trump-backed GOP nominees are failing to capitalize upon an environment that favors their side. And they’re precisely the candidates some in the party worried about.

The incumbent is facing Republican Herschel Walker in November.

We shouldn't battle pollution because our good air will just "decide" to go to China, the Trump-backed Georgian told supporters, drawing massive blowback.

Four months from Election Day, Republicans are struggling in several of the marquee races in the fight for control of the upper chamber.

Walker repeatedly lied to his staff about his undisclosed kids — even to his own campaign manager, according to The Daily Beast.

"I understand the sincere concerns. But those are religious concerns, or often concerns driven by personal morality," Abrams said in a CNN interview.

Democrats believe fight for abortion rights will galvenize voters ahead of November.

Republican Sen_ Rick Scott of Florida is criticizing the Texas GOP's new party platform for not being “inclusive” when it described homosexuality as “an abnormal lifestyle choice.”.

Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker says he “never denied” the existence of children he hadn't publicly disclosed before and he's telling conservative Christians that his kids "knew the truth.”.

"Get home and raise your kids!" Christian Walker lectures men as the public learns his own dad has three other children.

GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker and his supporters are not bothered by back-to-back revelations about children he fathered but doesn't talk about publicly.

Walker, a Trump-backed candidate who has derided absent fathers, began the week with only 1 acknowledged child. He's changed that twice this week.

Mackenzie Salmon and Andy Nesbitt look at Serena Williams' chances at Wimbledon this summer.

The Georgia Senate candidacy of Herschel Walker has been promoted Donald Trump. Walker confirmed he has at least three kids out of wedlock.

Dozens of Republican candidates who sought Donald Trump’s endorsement have spent months parroting the former president's baseless claims of 2020 election fraud.

Walker, an ex-NFL star running to unseat Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, has criticized fathers who don't raise their children.

Scott Paradise, Walker’s campaign manager, confirmed in a statement to The Washington Post early Wednesday that Walker, an outspoken critic of absentee fathers in Black households, has a second son.

Herschel Walker, who proudly campaigns with his son Christian, was petitioned for paternity and child support for a second child in 2013.

The title of “honorary deputy” that Herschel Walker, the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate in Georgia, is promoting as his link to law enforcement was likened by one former prosecutor to "a junior ranger badge."

The former NFL star's campaign missteps are under increasing scrutiny now that he has won the GOP Senate primary in Georgia.

It's bad enough that the former NFL running back doesn't know policy, but most of his answers to simple questions are nonsensical.

In a controversial new political ad, Charles Booker calls out incumbent U.S. Sen. Rand Paul for his stands on lynching legislation and civil rights.

“One thing that people don’t know is President Trump never asked me. I need to tell him that he never asked,” Walker told rapper and activist Killer Mike.

Georgia still struggles with its history of slavery, segregation and racial injustice, but voters in the Deep South state have for the first time selected two Black candidates to represent the major parties in a U.S. Senate race.

Wayne Black was one of the few African Americans in the crowd as about 100 people gathered recently at the Republican Party headquarters near Columbus, Georgia, to hear from U.S. Senate candidate and football legend Herschel Walker. A member of the Muscogee County Republican Executive Committee, Black said he found a certain promise in Walker's candidacy, a GOP voice who could appeal to African Americans and others in Georgia who have traditionally voted Democratic.

The football star turned GOP Senate primary winner just fumbled on his way to November.

The political landscape in Georgia — and nationally — has shifted significantly.

Brad Raffensperger, Brian Kemp and Herschel Walker took very different paths to victory.

Donald Trump began May with a decisive win for a favored candidate in Ohio, catapulting a Senate hopeful to a primary victory.

Former President Donald Trump’s crusade for vengeance suffered two devastating blows when Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger won their primaries despite rejecting Trump’s entreaties to reverse his 2020 election loss.

Walker topped a handful of rivals, according to a race call by The Associated Press. He will face Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in November.

The U.S. Senate primaries in Georgia were too early to call when polls closed, as Trump-backed candidate Herschel Walker hoped to take on Sen. Raphael Warnock.

Campaigns backed by former President Donald Trump are heading into Tuesday's primary after combining to spend over $400,000 at his private club, Mar-a-Lago.

State Rep. Bee Nguyen is advancing to a runoff in the Democratic primary for Georgia secretary of state.

Trump has endorsed multiple candidates mounting challenges against sitting Republicans, including Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia has easily dispatched Donald Trump’s hand-picked challenger in a Republican primary that demonstrated the limits of the former president and his conspiracy-fueled politics in a critical swing state.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock will face Republican football legend Herschel Walker for a coveted Senate seat in Georgia after both handily defeated primary challengers to set up a historic, high-stakes showdown.

The 2020 election is being reprised in the gubernatorial primary in Georgia.

The 2020 election is being reprised in the gubernatorial primary in Georgia.

Former Vice President Mike Pence has made an in-person push for Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp.

Georgia takes center stage in Tuesday’s primary elections as Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger try to fight back challengers endorsed by Donald Trump.

Two Republican frontrunners are hoping to clinch primary victories in Georgia.

Herschel Walker boasts of his charity work helping members of the military who struggle with mental health.

Walker, a US Senate candidate in Georgia, is obligated by law to accurately disclose details about his personal finances but is unlikely to face a significant penalty.

Republicans who embraced discredited conspiracy theories about Donald Trump's 2020 defeat and preached skepticism about elections now need their supporters to trust the system enough to vote for them.

Magazine Backed by Trump, a Georgia football legend eyes a Senate seat despite his troubled past Despite leading in the polls, Herschel Walker faces the run of his life Loading... Herschel Walker, who is running for the Republican nomination to U.S. Senate, takes on the stage during a rally for Georgia GOP candidates at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Ga., Saturday, March 26, 2022. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)Share this storyOn a Sunday afternoon in late February, I’m waiting for Herschel Walker. In Georgia, Walker’s popularity seems to have only grown over the years. Trump renewed his attack on Kemp but fretted, “If Kemp runs, I think Herschel Walker is gonna be ... very seriously and negatively impacted. “Herschel Walker won’t advocate for anybody, only for what’s in his best interest,” Harry Edwards says.

Tuesday’s debate among Georgia Republican Senate candidates was defined by the absence of frontrunner Herschel Walker.

Tuesday's debate among Georgia Republican Senate candidates was predictably defined by the man who wasn't there — Herschel Walker. If the race wasn't dominated by Walker's football celebrity and Donald Trump endorsement, Gary Black, Latham Saddler, Kelvin King, Josh Clark and Jon McColumn might all be more viable candidates for the Republican nomination.

In Nebraska, the winner of a crowded Republican primary race for governor will be the overwhelming favorite to win in November.

Famous people have a long tradition of running for office, but they used to have more experience and interest in public affairs.

In this edition: Fundraising takeaways from the first quarter, a Democratic mess in New York, and more polls that Joe Biden probably shouldn't look at.

Candidates such as Herschel Walker, Eric Greitens and Max Miller have been accused of abusing partners and, in some cases, children. But some party leaders aren't convinced voters will reject them.

Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, whose ex-wife recently accused him of physical abuse, says he will not drop his political comeback bid for the U.S. Senate.

Georgia Republican Herschel Walker says his U.S. Senate campaign raised $5.5 million in the first three months of 2022.

Georgia Republican Herschel Walker said Friday that his U.S. Senate campaign had raised $5.5 million in the first three months of 2022, a big haul that is still dwarfed by the $13.6 million that Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock raised in the same period. A former football star, Walker is the GOP front-runner, but faces five other Republicans in the May 24 primary. Georgia will be a key battleground in the 2022 midterm elections to determine which party controls the U.S. Senate.

The former president has issued highly-coveted endorsements in Georgia races ranging from governor to state insurance commissioner.

The former president has issued highly-coveted endorsements in Georgia races ranging from governor to state insurance commissioner.

Donald Trump wants to use November’s midterm elections to solidify his continued dominance of the national Republican Party.

President Biden has asked Republican Senate candidates Herschel Walker and Mehmet Oz to quit their positions on a presidential council or be removed. In a post on Wednesday, Oz, who is a candidate in Pennsylvania, said the administration sent him a letter requesting he resign from the President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition.A letter from the administration was shown in a video Oz released on the situation. The letter states Oz...

Georgia Republican David Perdue raked in millions in campaign cash during his two Senate campaigns.

The former NFL player, who is now running for Senate in Georgia, gets some basic facts wrong.

Republican missteps that include intense infighting are threatening the GOP’s path to the Senate majority.

Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker of Georgia says he's not taking sides in the state's GOP primary campaign for governor.

Herschel Walker’s Republican rivals for U.S. Senate in Georgia say reports by The Associated Press about the former football great's past leave the GOP vulnerable to losing the race if the party nominates him.

Republicans risk losing the U.S. Senate race if they nominate Herschel Walker, two of Walker's rivals said, citing a report by The Associated Press about how police confiscated a gun from the former football great following a domestic dispute 20 years ago. “I’m here today because more shocking pieces of Herschel Walker’s past have been discovered,” Senate candidate and state Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black told reporters Friday in Atlanta. “And I’m deeply concerned that we’re about to forfeit control of the United States Senate again, under our watch, when it could be easily avoided.”

The former NFL and University of Georgia football star personally guaranteed that he would repay the loans. Now, he faces legal troubles in two states, court records show.

Former President Donald Trump remains the most popular figure with the GOP base as he considers another bid for the White House.

In a story published Feb. 10, 2022, The Associated Press reported that U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker’s therapist, Jerry Mungadze, holds a doctorate in philosophy.

One warm fall evening in 2001, police in Irving, Texas, received an alarming call from Herschel Walker’s therapist. Officers took cover outside, noting later that Walker had "talked about having a shoot-out with police.” Then they ordered the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner and onetime Dallas Cowboy to step out of the home, according to a police report obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request.

"I think you've gotta be an Alabama fan," Walker snapped when asked his views about the law.

Georgia defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide in a rematch of the SEC title game.

Stetson Bennett delivered the biggest throws of his storybook career and Georgia’s defense sealed the sweetest victory in program history, vanquishing rival Alabama 33-18 to win the College Football Playoff title game.

Georgia coach Kirby Smart got an inside look at what it takes to build a college football juggernaut working for Nick Saban at Alabama for eight years.

Alabama has a chance to repeat.

This time last year, the Republican Party was hitting bottom.

Former President Donald Trump has set out to reshape the GOP in his image across the nation’s top political battlegrounds, sparking bitter primary battles.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is likely to face a prominent challenger for the 2022 Republican primary for governor, former Sen. David Perdue.

Stetson Bennett passed for 255 yards and four touchdowns, and No. 1 Georgia finished its undefeated regular season with a 45-0 victory over Georgia Tech. Georgia gained momentum for next week’s Southeastern Conference championship game against No. 3 Alabama in Atlanta.

Democrats in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, felt the Republican wave building over the summer when frustrated parents filled school board meetings to complain about masking requirements and an academic theory on systemic racism that wasn’t even taught in local schools.

Former President Donald Trump did the Tomahawk chop with Atlanta Braves fans before Game 4 of the World Series only months after calling for a boycott of Major League Baseball.

Medicaid issues are turning up as winners in President Joe Biden’s social budget framework even as divisions force Democrats to hit pause on far-reaching improvements to Medicare.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has endorsed Herschel Walker for the Senate in Georgia.

Georgia finds itself in a most unusual position.

As former President Donald Trump has waded into contested primaries across the country, trying to exact revenge and remake the Republican Party in his image, he has endorsed a series of candidates facing serious allegations, especially concerning their treatment of women.

Supporters of Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp are fighting back against Donald Trump and their own party leaders.

The rewards of an early Donald Trump endorsement will be on display Saturday in Georgia.

The rewards of an early Donald Trump endorsement were on display Saturday evening in Georgia.

Herschel Walker says he "can't sit on the sidelines anymore" as he joins Georgia's Republican Senate race.

Herschel Walker has filed paperwork to enter the U.S. Senate race in Georgia after months of speculation.

Former football great Herschel Walker has registered to vote in Georgia, a possible prelude to him running for U.S. Senate in 2022.