I'm surely grateful this morning to the Georgians who turned out Tuesday to elect U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock to his first full term --- and to Warnock himself for being such a compelling candidate. Warnock, you may remember, won a partial term in 2020, defeating GOP appointee Kelly Loeffler in a special election. His opponent in 2022 was Herschel Walker.
Here's a link to a good background piece of Warnock from today's New York Times headlined "A Pastor and Politician Who Sees Voting as a Form of Prayer." I'll also "gift" the story on my Facebook timeline for those who may have exceeded their limit of free Times stories.
That 51-seat Democrat advantage Warnock provides in the U.S. Senate will come in handy. But there's a good deal more to it. He's generally viewed as a compelling candidate and campaigner in the same class as Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, good for the future of the party.
A ally of the LGBTQ+ community and friend of other progressive causes, this senior pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church also serves as a reminder that white evangelicals who define themselves as Christian do not define the larger community of Christ-followers despite all their screeching and hollering.
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