US midterms: Georgia Senate run-off looms after bitter campaign - BBC

Hence the need for a run-off election in 2021 for both Georgia's US Senate seats and another one this time around.

Incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock, a southern Baptist preacher from Dr Martin Luther King Jr's old church in downtown Atlanta, will face the Republican former football star Herschel Walker, a man backed by former President Donald Trump who has faced accusations that he paid for wives and girlfriends to get abortions despite avowing a profoundly anti-abortion stance.

Given the constitutional rule that the vice-president can break a tied vote in the chamber, Georgia's run-off will not change who has control.

So, you might wonder, why does Georgia's run-off matter?

Which all means that while the big motivating factor, Senate control, is already decided, the parties have still been pouring tens of millions of dollars into this race and the television advertising is at a fever pitch.

The two men are separated by at most a percentage point or two, so every vote counts.

The Walker camp have screened clips supposedly showing Raphael Warnock's ex-wife in tears after a domestic disagreement.

As for the Warnock camp, his ads have accused Herschel Walker of "wearing lies like a badge of honour".

But Raphael Warnock cannot rest on his laurels.

Whereas Raphael Warnock has managed to get former President Barack Obama out for him and the former first lady Michelle Obama has also appeared in campaign ads.

What Democratic Senate means for Biden and Trump.

Georgia Senate run-off looms after bitter campaign