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Sunday, May 10, 2026

Post Politics Now: Warnock and Walker square off in highly anticipated debate in Georgia - The Washington Post

Today, Sen. Raphael G. Warnock (D-Ga.) and Republican challenger Herschel Walker, the former football star, face off in one of the most anticipated debates in the midterm elections — a race that could tip the balance of party control in the U.S. Senate. The evening encounter in Savannah, Ga., is the latest in a string of debates in marquee Senate races, including one Thursday night in Wisconsin that quickly turned personal between Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Democratic challenger Mandela Barnes.

Meanwhile, former president Donald Trump on Friday lambasted the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol but was silent in a letter to its chairman about whether he would comply with a subpoena to testify. President Biden is in California, where he will hold an event focused on prescription drug prices.

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Walker, who has previously supported former president Donald Trump’s false claims that there was widespread fraud during the 2020 presidential election, also said that Joe Biden won the election in 2020.

An analysis by The Washington Post found more than 100 candidates for statewide offices or Congress have repeated Trump’s false claims about the election results.

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Georgia GOP Senate nominee Herschel Walker, on the debate stage Friday, said once again that reports that he paid...



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