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Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., who is the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, campaigns at a church by the same name in Eatonton, Ga., on Aug. 18, 2022. Warnock and his Republican challenger Herschel Walker both tout faith in their public lives but they offer vastly different visions and applications of Christianity. Warnock hails from the Black church tradition of social action. Walker, who is also Black, aligns more with the cultural conservatism of white evangelicals who have shaped the modern Republicans Party. (AP Photo/Bill Barrow)

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Walker, Warnock offer clashing religious messages in Georgia
By BILL BARROW - Associated Press
Sat,11/05/22-8:58AM , 140 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — One candidate in Georgia’s Senate contest warns that “spiritual warfare” has entangled America and offers himself to voters as a “warrior for God.” But it isn’t the ordained Baptist minister
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Former President Barack Obama, center, stands with Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams and candidate for U.S. Senate, Sen. Raphael Warnock D-Ga., during a campaign rally Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in College Park, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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Obama, campaigning in Georgia, warns of threats to democracy
By BILL BARROW - Associated Press
Fri,10/28/22-12:14AM , 88 Reads
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Former President Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail Friday in Georgia, using his first stop on a multi-state tour to frame the 2022 midterm elections as a referendum on democracy and to urge voters not to see Republicans as an answer to their economic woes.
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Libertarian challenger Chase Oliver speaks at a U.S. Senate debate with U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., during the Atlanta Press Club Loudermilk-Young Debate Series in Atlanta on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. Republican challenger Herschel Walker was invited but did not attend. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

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Warnock answers Libertarian wildcard in Ga.; Walker skips
By BILL BARROW - Associated Press
Sun,10/16/22-11:59AM , 159 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — Libertarian Chase Oliver isn’t going to win Georgia's pivotal U.S. Senate race. But the 37-year-old Atlanta businessman could help determine whether Democrats or Republicans control the Senate over the final two years of President Joe Biden's term.
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This combination of file photos shows Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, left, on May 24, 2022, in Atlanta, and gubernatorial Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams on Aug. 8, 2022, in Decatur, Ga. The Georgia governor's race is a rematch of 2018, when Kemp narrowly defeated Abrams. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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Kemp vs. Abrams II: Republican has incumbent advantage now
By BILL BARROW - Associated Press
Fri,10/14/22-11:05PM , 373 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — In 2018, Brian Kemp spent much of his campaign for Georgia governor in Stacey Abrams’ shadow as the Democratic Party star tried to become the nation's first Black female governor.

In the end, he won narrowly anyway.
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