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Say i'm not really a politician. he in recent days has been trying to get his voters to try to attract voters beyond the republican party. he said on the stump we already have republicans in our column. there are conservative democrats. there are independents throughout who may not yet realize they are oz supporters. he is urging his voters to go out and talk to people beyond their immediate community of republicans. and so that is part of the message we're seeing in these final days. michael? >> good to have you there, athena, thanks. athena jones there for us. well, it is not just control of...

Election. >> yeah, absolutely. if no candidate gets 50% plus one of the votes we will have a four-week runoff. so georgians will go back in december. and that is plenty of time for the former president to announce another presidential bid. but i think one thing that republicans have learned from the 2020 election, as you mentioned, is that it's not always successful to have trump linked to the campaigns. it's much, much different now. you barely hear his name mention odd tonight trail at all. not even by herschel walker, who is a long-time friend of his. so i think they took some cues from the...

Which party controls the senate next year. let's talk about some of the georgia races, and let's bring in riley bunch, public policy reporter for georgia public broadcasting and npr. good to see you, riley. thanks for taking the time. the race between raphael warnock and trump-endorsed herschel walker could decide the senate majority. you've been on the trail constantly. how close is it going to be? >> well, recent polls are showing that this is going to be a very tight race. and this is the second time that this race could potentially weigh in on the ambulance of power in congress. and that w...

So democrats are on their heels, defending much more territory in a tough year. that's one way to look at it. now the big question is who can get to 218, right? and in our rankings right now, we already have republicans favored in 216 seats. you see the lighter red on the map. republicans have a huge advantage going into election day. if you look down, the toss-up races go coast-to-coast. and one of them you focused on in the show, if you bring it up here, i show it to you here, virginia too. >> and as you see the incumbent democrat, she told me when we travelled there and did sort of a look a...

Friend of the former president. and he talks -- he mainly bashes joe biden's administration, democrats at the federal level, on the campaign trail. but the polls we have leading into election day show warnock with a very, very slim lead or a deadlock. so we might have a runoff in this race. >> yeah, the thing with this race too, there aren't many nonpartisans who view herschel walker as a qualified senate candidate. but as you point out, he could win against raphael warnock. other than his local hero football status, what was the gop thinking and has that hurt republican chances? would they ha...