Hershel Walker (l) and Sen. Raphael Warnock (r)By Eric Bradner, CNN(CNN) — Georgia Republicans have nominated former football star Herschel Walker to take on Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, CNN projects, in what’s expected to be one of the most important US Senate races of the 2022 midterm elections. His Senate run opened the candidate to scrutiny of his personal life, including the resurfacing of allegations of domestic violence and threats against former romantic partners. Warnock is Georgia’s first Black senator, and Walker would be the second. Democrats won control of the US Senate last year, after Warnock and Jon Ossoff both won runoff elections in Georgia. Walker later appeared on NBC’s “The Celebrity Apprentice” with Trump and encouraged his 2016 and 2020 presidential bids.

Source: CNN May 28, 2022 13:01 UTC