Georgia Voters Break Senate Runoff Turnout Record — Again

The single-day early voting turnout Friday in Georgia broke the last record set just days ago in an indication of intense interest in the race for Senate between former football player Herschel Walker and incumbent Raphael Warnock.

Top election official Gabriel Sterling touted the results on Twitter, revealing that 350,574 people had voted as of 8 p.m. Friday.

“That’s just an amazing number. Great job by the counties’ elections officials and voters,” he wrote on Twitter.

Some voters had to wait an hour to cast their ballots.

The turnout worried Republicans. While Seth Weathers, a Georgia director for former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, had been optimistic about a Walker win, he told The Washington Post: “I have more concern” in light of the big voter numbers.

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