Democratic Sen. Warnock has big cash advantage over GOP's Walker going into Georgia Senate runoff

Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock's run has astir 3 times much currency connected manus than Republican campaigner Herschel Walker's heading into the last agelong of Georgia's runoff Senate election, according to caller Federal Election Commission filings.

Warnock, who is trying to support his spot successful a choky race, had conscionable implicit $29 cardinal connected manus arsenic of Nov. 16. Walker, a erstwhile NFL subordinate and favourite of ex-President Donald Trump, had implicit $9.8 cardinal connected manus heading into the last weeks of the election.

The filings amusement fundraising information for each campaigner from Oct. 20 — days earlier the midterm elections —through Nov. 16. Warnock's run raised $52 cardinal during that clip period, compared to Walker's astir $21 million, records show.

The runoff predetermination is scheduled for Dec. 6. The conflict betwixt Warnock and Walker went to different circular after neither contender garnered the 50% of the ballot needed to clinch the spot outright nether authorities rules successful the Nov. 8 midterms. 

Warnock is starring Walker by 4 percent points, according to an AARP poll.

Democrats volition clasp Senate power successful the adjacent Congress with astatine slightest 50 seats. The Georgia contention volition find whether they tin summation an outright bulk — and apt trust little often connected Vice President Kamala Harris' tiebreaking vote.

In the midterms, Democrats flipped Pennsylvania's GOP-held Senate spot and defended contested seats successful Arizona and Nevada.