Georgia becomes ground zero for 2022 elections

Georgia is emerging as the most critical battleground of the 2022 midterm elections.

With Stacey Abrams’s entrance into the governor’s race on Wednesday, Democrats landed one of their top recruits, one they hope will also lift up Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), whose seat is crucial to the party’s efforts to hold their Senate majority.

But Democrats are facing strong headwinds next year: the COVID-19 pandemic is still raging, inflation is rising and President Biden’s approval rating is well underwater. What’s more, the political coalition that helped power Democratic victories in Georgia last...