ATLANTA — Tuesday’s showdown between Sen. Raphael G. Warnock (D) and Republican challenger Herschel Walker is the product of an unusual general election runoff system that was pushed by a powerful Georgia segregationist who sought to blunt the power of Black voters in the 1960s.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Georgia’s runoff system was created to dilute Black voting power
Two Black men are competing for a U.S. Senate seat in a process crafted by segregationists to stifle Black political power
December 5, 2022 at 3:06 p.m. EST