Walker Aims To Pivot Focus Back To Dems In Tight Ga. Race

ALTO, Georgia (AP) – After a bruising opening to his general election campaign for the U.S. Senate, Georgia Republican Herschel Walker is trying to deflect attention back onto Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock. He’s trying to saddle the incumbent with the weight of high inflation and President Joe Biden’s poor standing with Georgia voters. Republicans in Washington and Georgia quietly admit it’s the best – if not the only – way Walker, a former University of Georgia football star and political novice, can win in a newfound battleground state that the GOP insists still leans its way.