HERSCHEL WALKER

The football star turned GOP Senate primary winner just fumbled on his way to November.

The political landscape in Georgia — and nationally — has shifted significantly.

Brad Raffensperger, Brian Kemp and Herschel Walker took very different paths to victory.

Donald Trump began May with a decisive win for a favored candidate in Ohio, catapulting a Senate hopeful to a primary victory.

Former President Donald Trump’s crusade for vengeance suffered two devastating blows when Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger won their primaries despite rejecting Trump’s entreaties to reverse his 2020 election loss.

APTOPIX Election 2022 Georgia A person votes in the Georgia's primary election on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) (Brynn Anderson)ATLANTA — (AP) — Football great Herschel Walker, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, won Georgia’s GOP Senate primary Tuesday. This year, Trump's obsession with his 2020 loss has loomed over Republican primary elections for governor, Senate and secretary of state. In the general election, Walker would face the Democratic incumbent, Sen. Raphael Warnock, who easily won his Democratic primary on Tuesday. Tuesday marked the first Georgia election under a new voting law adopted by the Republican-backed state legislature in response to Trump’s grievances.

Walker topped a handful of rivals, according to a race call by The Associated Press. He will face Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in November.

The U.S. Senate primaries in Georgia were too early to call when polls closed, as Trump-backed candidate Herschel Walker hoped to take on Sen. Raphael Warnock.

Campaigns backed by former President Donald Trump are heading into Tuesday's primary after combining to spend over $400,000 at his private club, Mar-a-Lago.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has won the Republican primary in a bid to keep his job.

Trump has endorsed multiple candidates mounting challenges against sitting Republicans, including Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

Republicans looking to regain control of the Senate have targeted the Georgia race, with former President Donald Trump throwing his heft behind Walker, a former college football celebrity with huge name recognition. On the Democratic side, Warnock is looking to defend the seat he narrowly won in a special election in 2021. A general election matchup between Warnock and Walker would mark the first time that two major party candidates for U.S. Senate in Georgia were Black. On the Republican side, Walker — a political newcomer — has nearly unmatched name recognition in Georgia from his days as a college football running back. He led the University of Georgia football team to a national title during the 1980 season and won the Heisman Trophy in 1982.

Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia has easily dispatched Donald Trump’s hand-picked challenger in a Republican primary that demonstrated the limits of the former president and his conspiracy-fueled politics in a critical swing state.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock will face Republican football legend Herschel Walker for a coveted Senate seat in Georgia after both handily defeated primary challengers to set up a historic, high-stakes showdown.

The 2020 election is being reprised in the gubernatorial primary in Georgia.

The 2020 election is being reprised in the gubernatorial primary in Georgia.

Former Vice President Mike Pence has made an in-person push for Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp.

Georgia takes center stage in Tuesday’s primary elections as Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger try to fight back challengers endorsed by Donald Trump.

Election 2022 Georgia Governor Georgia Gov. Kemp met voters at a rally in Watkinsville, near his home in Athens, with Nebraska Gov. Walker has been accused of threatening his ex-wife’s life, exaggerating his business record and lying about graduating from the University of Georgia. Other RGA figures who have been at odds with Trump have also come to Georgia to campaign for Kemp in recent days, including Arizona Gov. Former Trump Vice President Mike Pence will help Kemp close his campaign in a Monday rally in suburban Atlanta.

Two Republican frontrunners are hoping to clinch primary victories in Georgia.

In interviews and campaign appearances, the former Dallas Cowboy and Heisman Trophy winner takes credit for founding, co-founding and sometimes operating a program called Patriot Support. “About fifteen years ago, I started a program called Patriot Support,” Walker said in an interview with conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt last October. “People need to know I started a military program, a military program that treats (thousands) of soldiers a year,” he told Savannah TV station WTGS in February. Prosecutors allege Universal Health Services and its affiliates aggressively pushed those with government-sponsored insurance into inpatient mental health care to drive revenue. She also said some of the alleged conduct occurred before Universal Health Services purchased a group of hospitals operated by Ascend Health in 2012.

Herschel Walker boasts of his charity work helping members of the military who struggle with mental health.

Walker, a US Senate candidate in Georgia, is obligated by law to accurately disclose details about his personal finances but is unlikely to face a significant penalty.

Republicans who embraced discredited conspiracy theories about Donald Trump's 2020 defeat and preached skepticism about elections now need their supporters to trust the system enough to vote for them.

Magazine Backed by Trump, a Georgia football legend eyes a Senate seat despite his troubled past Despite leading in the polls, Herschel Walker faces the run of his life Loading... Herschel Walker, who is running for the Republican nomination to U.S. Senate, takes on the stage during a rally for Georgia GOP candidates at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Ga., Saturday, March 26, 2022. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)Share this storyOn a Sunday afternoon in late February, I’m waiting for Herschel Walker. In Georgia, Walker’s popularity seems to have only grown over the years. Trump renewed his attack on Kemp but fretted, “If Kemp runs, I think Herschel Walker is gonna be ... very seriously and negatively impacted. “Herschel Walker won’t advocate for anybody, only for what’s in his best interest,” Harry Edwards says.

Election 2022 Georgia Senate Georgia U.S. Senate candidate Latham Saddler points at an empty podium belonging to candidate Herschel Walker as he participates in a Republican primary debate on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, Pool) (Brynn Anderson)ATLANTA — (AP) — Tuesday's debate among Georgia Republican Senate candidates was predictably defined by the man who wasn't there — Herschel Walker. "Hope y'all have fun obsessing over Herschel Walker at the debate!" “I think a simple question for Herschel Walker is, what do you think the United States Senate does?” Saddler said. It’s what you do as a United States Senator, you get up there and you debate ideas.... And Herschel Walker can’t get up here.”Copyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Tuesday’s debate among Georgia Republican Senate candidates was defined by the absence of frontrunner Herschel Walker.

Tuesday's debate among Georgia Republican Senate candidates was predictably defined by the man who wasn't there — Herschel Walker. If the race wasn't dominated by Walker's football celebrity and Donald Trump endorsement, Gary Black, Latham Saddler, Kelvin King, Josh Clark and Jon McColumn might all be more viable candidates for the Republican nomination.

In his run for U.S. Senate in Georgia, former football great Herschel Walker has gone to great lengths so far to dodge tough questions. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File) (Hyosub Shin)ATLANTA — (AP) — Ted Budd has skipped four Republican primary debates in his bid for a U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina. And on Tuesday, Herschel Walker is expected to miss a second debate against his Republican rivals for a crucial U.S. Senate seat after skipping the first one. For some gaffe-prone candidates such as Walker, avoiding the debate stage reduces the chance of an embarrassing moment. Asked on WDUN whether he would debate Warnock, Walker said he was committed to doing whatever it took to win.

Earlier this month, he skipped the first debate for the May 24 Republican primary. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File) (Hyosub Shin)ATLANTA — (AP) — Ted Budd has skipped four Republican primary debates in his bid for a U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina. GOP candidates for governor in Ohio, Nevada and Nebraska have also refused to engage with their opponents from the debate podium. And on Tuesday, Herschel Walker is expected to miss a second debate against his Republican rivals for a crucial U.S. Senate seat after skipping the first one. For some gaffe-prone candidates such as Walker, avoiding the debate stage reduces the chance of an embarrassing moment.

In Nebraska, the winner of a crowded Republican primary race for governor will be the overwhelming favorite to win in November.

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Candidates such as Herschel Walker, Eric Greitens and Max Miller have been accused of abusing partners and, in some cases, children. But some party leaders aren't convinced voters will reject them.

Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, whose ex-wife recently accused him of physical abuse, says he will not drop his political comeback bid for the U.S. Senate.

Georgia Republican Herschel Walker says his U.S. Senate campaign raised $5.5 million in the first three months of 2022.

Georgia Republican Herschel Walker said Friday that his U.S. Senate campaign had raised $5.5 million in the first three months of 2022, a big haul that is still dwarfed by the $13.6 million that Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock raised in the same period. A former football star, Walker is the GOP front-runner, but faces five other Republicans in the May 24 primary. Georgia will be a key battleground in the 2022 midterm elections to determine which party controls the U.S. Senate.

The former president has issued highly-coveted endorsements in Georgia races ranging from governor to state insurance commissioner.

The former president has issued highly-coveted endorsements in Georgia races ranging from governor to state insurance commissioner.

Donald Trump wants to use November’s midterm elections to solidify his continued dominance of the national Republican Party.

President Biden has asked Republican Senate candidates Herschel Walker and Mehmet Oz to quit their positions on a presidential council or be removed. In a post on Wednesday, Oz, who is a candidate in Pennsylvania, said the administration sent him a letter requesting he resign from the President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition.A letter from the administration was shown in a video Oz released on the situation. The letter states Oz...

During his two Senate campaigns, Republican David Perdue raked in millions in campaign cash.

The former NFL player, who is now running for Senate in Georgia, gets some basic facts wrong.

Republican missteps that include intense infighting are threatening the GOP’s path to the Senate majority.

Election 2022 Georgia Senate Walker FILE - Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaks during former President Donald Trump's Save America rally in Perry, Ga., on Sept. 25, 2021. A football legend in a sports-crazed state whose Senate campaign is backed by former President Donald Trump, Walker is running far ahead in Georgia's May primary. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File) (Ben Gray)ATLANTA — (AP) — Herschel Walker has a message for the Republicans going after each other for their party's nomination for governor in Georgia: Don't count on help from me. A football legend in a sports-crazed state whose Senate campaign is backed by former President Donald Trump, Walker is running far ahead in Georgia's May primary. He’s a great man, got a great family, I’m going to stand behind him, but he don’t run Georgia, I run Georgia,” Walker told Newsmax on Feb. 7.

Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker of Georgia says he's not taking sides in the state's GOP primary campaign for governor.

Election 2022-Georgia-Senate-Walker FILE - Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaks during former President Donald Trump's Save America rally in Perry, Ga., on Sept. 25, 2021. “I’m here today because more shocking pieces of Herschel Walker’s past have been discovered,” Senate candidate and state Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black told reporters Friday in Atlanta. “And I’m deeply concerned that we’re about to forfeit control of the United States Senate again, under our watch, when it could be easily avoided.”Black repeated an earlier statement that Walker's past should disqualify him from the Senate. Warnock and fellow Democrat Jon Ossoff won both Georgia Senate seats — and with them, the U.S. Senate majority — in January 2021. The former Heisman Trophy winner has been raising far more money than his competitors and they're scrambling for traction, saying Walker's appearances have been carefully controlled.

Herschel Walker’s Republican rivals for U.S. Senate in Georgia say reports by The Associated Press about the former football great's past leave the GOP vulnerable to losing the race if the party nominates him.

Republicans risk losing the U.S. Senate race if they nominate Herschel Walker, two of Walker's rivals said, citing a report by The Associated Press about how police confiscated a gun from the former football great following a domestic dispute 20 years ago. “I’m here today because more shocking pieces of Herschel Walker’s past have been discovered,” Senate candidate and state Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black told reporters Friday in Atlanta. “And I’m deeply concerned that we’re about to forfeit control of the United States Senate again, under our watch, when it could be easily avoided.”

The former NFL and University of Georgia football star personally guaranteed that he would repay the loans. Now, he faces legal troubles in two states, court records show.

Former President Donald Trump remains the most popular figure with the GOP base as he considers another bid for the White House.

Georgia Senate Walker FILE - Former Georgia running back and Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker attends a college football game between UAB and Georgia, Sept. 11, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) (John Bazemore)WASHINGTON — (AP) — One warm fall evening in 2001, police in Irving, Texas, received an alarming call from Herschel Walker's therapist. And it will test voters’ acceptance of Walker’s assertion that he has long since been a changed person. In a 2011 Playboy Magazine profile of Walker, Mungadze said he had to call police to his office during one therapy session with Walker and his wife. A review of court records and police reports documents a far more turbulent path than portrayed in Walker's book, which was framed as a turnaround story.

In a story published Feb. 10, 2022, The Associated Press reported that U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker’s therapist, Jerry Mungadze, holds a doctorate in philosophy.

One warm fall evening in 2001, police in Irving, Texas, received an alarming call from Herschel Walker’s therapist. Officers took cover outside, noting later that Walker had "talked about having a shoot-out with police.” Then they ordered the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner and onetime Dallas Cowboy to step out of the home, according to a police report obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request.

"I think you've gotta be an Alabama fan," Walker snapped when asked his views about the law.

Georgia defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide in a rematch of the SEC title game.

Stetson Bennett delivered the biggest throws of his storybook career and Georgia’s defense sealed the sweetest victory in program history, vanquishing rival Alabama 33-18 to win the College Football Playoff title game.

Georgia coach Kirby Smart got an inside look at what it takes to build a college football juggernaut working for Nick Saban at Alabama for eight years.

Alabama has a chance to repeat.

This time last year, the Republican Party was hitting bottom.

Former President Donald Trump has set out to reshape the GOP in his image across the nation’s top political battlegrounds, sparking bitter primary battles.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is likely to face a prominent challenger for the 2022 Republican primary for governor, former Sen. David Perdue.

Stetson Bennett passed for 255 yards and four touchdowns, and No. 1 Georgia finished its undefeated regular season with a 45-0 victory over Georgia Tech. Georgia gained momentum for next week’s Southeastern Conference championship game against No. 3 Alabama in Atlanta.

Las Vegas Republican Jewish Coalition Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting at The Venetian hotel-casino on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, in Las Vegas. But for the first time since losing the 2020 election, he seemed relegated to the background as others encouraged the party to think about its future. Beyond Christie and Cruz, those appearing included former Vice President Mike Pence, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Florida Gov. They’re going to improve, they’re going to have to change.

Democrats in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, felt the Republican wave building over the summer when frustrated parents filled school board meetings to complain about masking requirements and an academic theory on systemic racism that wasn’t even taught in local schools.

Former President Donald Trump did the Tomahawk chop with Atlanta Braves fans before Game 4 of the World Series only months after calling for a boycott of Major League Baseball.

Medicaid issues are turning up as winners in President Joe Biden’s social budget framework even as divisions force Democrats to hit pause on far-reaching improvements to Medicare.

Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black said Thursday that GOP rival Herschel Walker's history of violence against women should disqualify him from being a U.S. senator, saying that Republicans should discuss Walker's problems now to avoid fatal Democratic attacks against a flawed candidate in the fall. “If he were a member of the United States Senate today and if he had committed the acts that he’s admitted to, he would be removed from office,” Black told reporters after touring a domestic violence center in the Atlanta suburb of Marietta. Walker, a former football great, launched his campaign in late August.

Election 2022 Senate Georgia FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2021, file photo Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaks during former President Donald Trump's Save America rally in Perry, Ga. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday, Oct. 27, endorsed Herschel Walker’s Republican primary bid for a Senate seat in Georgia. “I am happy to endorse Herschel Walker for U.S. Senate in Georgia," McConnell said in a statement. According to an affidavit from Grossman’s sister, Maria Tsettos, Walker called looking for his ex-wife while she was out with her new boyfriend. In a recent court case, Walker indicated the company averaged about $1.5 million in yearly profit from 2008 to 2017. Walker's primary rivals pledged to forge on, despite McConnell's endorsement.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has endorsed Herschel Walker for the Senate in Georgia.

The Senate minority leader's support indicates the GOP's establishment leaders have all but set aside their initial reservations about Walker and allegations about his past.

Georgia Republican Herschel Walker's campaign said the swastika was "clearly an anti-mandatory vaccination graphic."

Republican Herschel Walker abandoned plans for a fundraiser hosted by a Texas donor who had an anti-vaccine design that resembled a swastika as her Twitter profile picture.

Georgia finds itself in a most unusual position.

Walker jumped into the Georgia Senate race after former President Trump urged him to run.

As former President Donald Trump has waded into contested primaries across the country, trying to exact revenge and remake the Republican Party in his image, he has endorsed a series of candidates facing serious allegations, especially concerning their treatment of women.

Supporters of Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp are fighting back against Donald Trump and their own party leaders.

Trump Rally Supporters file into the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry, Ga., to attend former president Donald Trump's "Save America" rally Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. Ballotpedia, which tracks Trump endorsements, says candidates he endorsed have won 37 of 43 competitive primaries since 2017. The rally, though, was all about Trump, who remains the star of his own show as numerous supporters arrived wearing Trump gear. Nguyen said Trump's activity will stir up Democratic voters, as will a restrictive election law that Republicans passed this year. Then there is the top Georgia Republican not on the Trump ticket — Gov.

The rewards of an early Donald Trump endorsement will be on display Saturday in Georgia.

The rewards of an early Donald Trump endorsement were on display Saturday evening in Georgia.

Herschel Walker is the favorite for the Republican Senate nomination in Georgia despite a rocky rollout to his 2022 campaign that is unsettling some party activists.

Trump's backing of the ex-NFL star is both ridiculous and casually racist

Republican Herschel Walker issued a blasé statement in announcing his highly anticipated campaign for Senate in Georgia, with the protege of former President Donald Trump vowing to defend conservative values and the American dream.

The former University of Georgia and NFL running back has nearly universal name recognition in Georgia.

“Herschel found it easy to run over linemen and defensive backs in the NFL," University of Georgia political science professor Charles Bullock said. Walker dubbed his campaign committee Team Herschel when he declared his candidacy Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission. They love him in Georgia, I tell you.”With Trump the “defining figure” in today's GOP, Bullock said his backing might be all Walker needs. Walker endorsed Kemp, a fervent Georgia football fan, in Kemp's 2018 victory over Abrams. But Walker’s company reported just eight employees when it applied for a federal Paycheck Protection Program loan last year.

Herschel Walker says he "can't sit on the sidelines anymore" as he joins Georgia's Republican Senate race.

The former University of Georgia and NFL running back has nearly universal name recognition in Georgia.

Walker stayed mum Tuesday, continuing a pattern of few comments even has he started taking steps to put a Senate bid in motion. Walker signed Federal Election Commission papers Tuesday declaring his candidacy, allowing him to raise money for a Senate run. Trump has vowed vengeance against Kemp, saying he didn't do enough to overturn Trump's election loss. Walker endorsed Kemp, who is a fervent Georgia football fan, in Kemp's 2018 victory over Abrams. State election officials opened an investigation into Blanchard's residency after The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that records show she voted in Georgia despite living in Texas.

Herschel Walker has filed paperwork to enter the U.S. Senate race in Georgia after months of speculation.

Former football great Herschel Walker has registered to vote in Georgia, a possible prelude to him running for U.S. Senate in 2022.

The midsummer race for Ohio’s traditionally Republican 15th Congressional District wouldn’t typically get much national attention.

Herschel Walker appears to have a coveted political profile for a potential Senate candidate in Georgia.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says voters “know what the truth is” when it comes to the job he's performed as governor.

Sen. Raphael Warnock is still the prominent freshman who helped his party win control on Capitol Hill.

Republicans’ U.S. Senate nomination in a premier battleground like Georgia is a plum political prize, but a year before GOP voters choose a nominee for the 2022 midterms, they have no clear options.

The United States Football League is relaunching four decades after the spring league shook up professional football in the mid-1980s.

NFL career scoring leader Adam Vinatieri is planning to retire.

Georgia Republican Doug Collins, a favorite of former President Donald Trump, says he doesn’t plan to run for governor or U.S. Senate in 2022.

Kristi Noem speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla. Noem initially appeared eager to deliver what looked like an easy win for social conservatives. However, key business groups and figures lobbied heavily against the bill, including the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce. AdMeanwhile, the group of people perhaps most affected by the bill — transgender children and their families — say they have been left out of the conversation entirely. The bill could be devastating for transgender teens, they say, but Noem denied her initiative has anything to do with transgender people. Noem cannot make an informed decision without meeting with transgender South Dakotans to learn about their experiences, the daily challenges they face, and the damage this bill will inflict on their lives," Williams said.

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with labor leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Washington. Biden backs the idea of studying the issue, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday, though she stopped short of saying he would sign the bill if it clears Congress. Even with Democrats controlling both chambers of Congress and the White House, passing a reparations bill could prove difficult. Most Black Americans favored reparations, 74%, compared with 15% of white Americans. AdRep. Burgess Owens, a first-term Republican from Utah, argued against a reparations commission.