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Update: A previous version of this article mentioned that the Reverend Senator Raphael Warnock had been invited to serve as speaker. As of this time, his appearance has been canceled. The new speaker for this event is Reverend Da'Henri Thurmond, Sr. Rev. Da'Henri R. Thurmond, Sr. The 160th Emancipation Proclamation Worship Service is scheduled for

The Associated Press and numerous other outlets projected the incumbent as the winner three and a half hours after the polls closed Tuesday.

Sen. Raphael Warnock, photo: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raphael_Warnock_(51099910653).jpg">Georgia Peanut Commission</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons

Georgia’s runoff elections were the brainchild of a pro-segregation politician. New rules in Warnock vs. Walker contest continue his legacy.

Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker showed a slight lead over incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in a new poll released Monday, just hours after Pastor Jamal Bryant, one of the state’s most influential black megachurch pastors, slammed the former football star as the “lowest caricature of a stereotypical, broken black man” from his pulpit Sunday.

Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker showed a slight lead over incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in a new poll released Monday, just hours after Pastor Jamal Bryant, one of the state’s most influential black megachurch pastors, slammed the former football star as the “lowest caricature of a stereotypical, broken black man” from his pulpit Sunday.

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) saw his income more than double during his first year in the Senate, according to his recently filed financial disclosure.