Democrats Spent $2 Trillion to Save the Economy. They Don’t Want to Talk About It.

In the midst of a critical runoff campaign that would determine control of the Senate, the Rev. Raphael Warnock promised Georgia voters that, if elected, he would help President-elect Biden send checks to people digging out of the pandemic recession.

Mr. Warnock won. Democrats delivered payments of up to $1,400 per person.

But this year, as Mr. Warnock is locked in a tight re-election campaign, he barely talks about those checks.

Democratic candidates in competitive Senate races this fall have spent little time on the trail or the airwaves touting...