Raphael Warnock
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 55 |
| Official site | senate.gov |
| Date of birth | July 23,1969 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | Savannah |
| Georgia | |
| United States | |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Oulèye Ndoye |
| Books | The Divided Mind of the Black Church: Theology, Piety, and Public Witness |
| Education | Morehouse College |
| Parents | Jonathan Warnock |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 3366280 |
Raphael Warnock Life story
Raphael Gamaliel Warnock is an American pastor and politician serving as senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta since 2005 and the junior United States senator from Georgia since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he assumed office on January 20, 2021.
Georgia runoff: Democrats solidify Senate control with victory
... Raphael Warnock fought off Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a race that had been left undecided after last month s midterm elections...
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... But as she cheered at a campaign rally for Democrat Raphael Warnock on Thursday, the 51-year-old native of Marietta said she was fired up to vote again on 6 December...
Midterm elections results: Two days on this is where the races stand
... In Georgia, the closely-watched Senate race between incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker will head to a run-off in December...
US elections: Biden hails better-than-expected midterms results
... Georgia s contest between Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker must be decided by a run-off next month...
US election: BBC correspondents on the ground in key states
... It looks likely his contest with Democrat Raphael Warnock will end up in a run-off vote if neither candidate gets more than 50% of the vote...
US midterms 2022: What to watch for on election night
... Democrat Senator Raphael Warnock is defending his seat from American football legend Herschel Walker...
US midterms: When will we know the election results?
... In Georgia - where there is a tight race between Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker - winning candidates must receive at least 50% of the vote...
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... One of the winners was Raphael Warnock, 53, who became the state s first-ever black senator thanks to African American voters turning out in huge numbers...
Georgia runoff: Democrats solidify Senate control with victory
US President Joe Biden 's Democrats have cemented their control of The Senate by winning a bitterly fought seat in Georgia, according to projections.
Raphael Warnock fought off Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a race That had been left undecided after last month's midterm elections.
Because no candidate passed 50% of the vote in November, The Contest had to be settled by a run-off.
Democrats will now run the upper chamber of Congress by 51-49.
Mr Warnock won by about 37,000 votes in November's vote, not enough to cross the 50% threshold for victory.
The 53-year-old southern Baptist preacher at the Atlanta church once led by civil rights leader Martin Luther King had argued That The Race was about competence and character.
Mr Walker, an American Football legend and political newcomer, joins a string of defeated candidates who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump .
His campaign was dogged by claims - which he denies - That he paid for two former girlfriends' abortions, despite his calls for the procedure to be outlawed.
The 60-year-old also had to acknowledge during The Campaign That he had fathered three children out of wedlock, despite having long railed against absentee fathers.
Republicans, meanwhile, ran an attack ad reminding voters of an allegation by Mr Warnock's ex-wife That he ran over her foot in a car during a March 2020 domestic dispute.
Election Day voting numbers in Georgia reached 1. 4 million, election official Gabriel Sterling said after polls closed, adding there had been " record turnout across the board".
A record-breaking 1. 9 million Georgians had already cast early or postal ballots.
Mr Warnock's campaign enjoyed a big fundraising advantage, spending about $170m (£140m), compared with Mr Walker's nearly $60m, according to federal filings.
Mr Walker's Senate bid was The Last Republican opportunity to flip a Senate seat following midterm defeats by Trump-backed Senate candidates in New Hampshire , Nevada, Arizona and Pennsylvania. Other candidates Mr Trump championed won in Ohio, Wisconsin and North Carolina .
Both President Biden, who has had low approval ratings, and Mr Trump largely avoided wading into The Race .
In the US midterms, Republicans won a slender majority in the US House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Congress.
Tuesday night's victory means That although most legislation will still need Republican support, it will be slightly easier for Mr Biden to appoint judges and members of his administration.
If Democrats had lost Georgia, The Party 's control of a 50-50 Senate would have depended on US Vice-President Kamala Harris ' tiebreaking vote.
Source of news: bbc.com
