Democratic Raphael Warnock News Today

Be? >> well, i dont know any of us can predict what that may be. the hope is that the people of georgia want to elect a person who looks forward. im not saying that herschel walker looks backward, im just saying that, you know, herschel walker demonstrated that he is not a -- the kind of candidate that should represent the state of georgia and so i think the voters will resoundingly say that. i think there sis a potential fr a descent victory, if not a significant victory. that would be my hope....

Martin luther king iii is joining us now. hes a warnock supporter. thank you for joining us. with less than two hours to go before polls close, what are you seeing with turnout and voter enthusiasm today? >> well, what ive seen throughout the whole process is voters are engaged, voters are excited, voters are voting. my dad used to say a voteless people is a powerless people and one of the most important steps that we must take is that first step through the ballot box and i hope well see after ...

Sense that in 2020 republicans lost two utterly winnable seats because donald trump largely told a bunch of maga voters its not worth the effort, the system is rigged. in 2022, were in the situation because a bunch -- or in -- also in 2020 moderate voters wouldnt turn out for trump. the question now is, who voted for kemp but left walker blank or didnt vote for walker but voted for warnock but now that its a tighter issue, who is just sort of like i dont want to do this? because i think republic...

Coverage of "election night in america continues." its 5:44 eastern so an hour and 15 minutes. the last senate race will be decided and well know how many seats each party controls. our team of experts with me, the final thoughts and minutes. bakari, david, karen and jonah. you were advisor for stacey abrams and part of the polling team in 2021. what are you focused on tonight as we see turnout numbers come in stronger than people thought. >> really important. there is a couple things. warnock i...

And a purple state to be competitive? this election will help settle. here is why. just four weeks ago, warnock is in the runoff the leading candidate but 37,667 votes. on this same day, on that very same day, the republican governor wins in a landslide by 300,000 votes so a republican governor, an incumbent you see all this blue around atlanta suburbs, yes, brian kemp lost the suburbs but look at the difference. hes coming in cobb county 47% brian kemp compared to herschel walker getting 40%. m...

[both] finch! lets go! oh yeah! its not the same. what could you do to solve the problem? we could get xfinity? thats actually super adult of you to suggest. i cant wait to squad up. i love it when you talk nerdy to me. guy, guys, guys, were still in session. and i dont know what the heck youre talking about. and we are back with our special coverage of election night in america especially heavy runoffs with democratic raphael warnock and republican herschel walker. jeff zeleny is at walkers h...

First, teams covering both the campaigns in georgia tonight, eva is with warnock, jeff zeleny is what walker. i want to start with you, eva. what has the mood been like in the final minutes here before the polls close? >> reporter: well, erin, i will have to say it seems to me from my reporting on the ground that senator warnock, we actually just saw him walk through here in the ballroom area just a few minutes ago and the campaign just seems swagger and enthusiasm going into the runoff than i w...

Jersey. were just about an hour away from polls closing in georgia. youve been there to campaign with warnock. is he going to win? >> the numbers ive seen are really, really strong. obviously nothing certain, but i have a lot of faith the people of georgia look at these two candidates will see theres one clear person who will best represent georgia and frankly the best interests of the united states of america. >> if democrats have 51 seats in the next senate, in the next term does that mean ind...

I dont know what they did. they just could not do it. >> we were talking about on the break trump won georgia by 211,000 votes in 2016. he won 200,000 votes and now were in a situation where were trying to wipinn by 10,000 vote. where did they go? they voted for kemp. they voted for trump in 16 and what happened to them? did we do as a party to push them away? we have an idea but a lot of tweeting. but how do we get them back? how do we get those folks back in this election in 24 and moving forw...

Democratic votes in this election day turnout, as well so well have to see how this shakes out in the final 90 minutes or so of voting but certainly, joe biden was front and cemnter in the race even though he never traveled to georgia because the warnock campaign asked him not too. they said hes too toxic and could turn off voters in the middle. certainly the former president donald trump and the current president joe biden have been weighing heavy on this race even though neither of them have b...