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Fox News reports: With four weeks to go until Election Day and Herschel Walker facing the biggest controversy of his Senate campaign, the Republican nominee in Georgia argued that Democrats have “woken a grizzly bear.” Walker, in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital aboard his campaign bus ahead of a campaign event in this northwestern Georgia city, pointed to …

Quinnipiac Polling reports: Georgia’s race for governor remains tight as 50 percent of likely voters support Republican incumbent Brian Kemp, while 49 percent support Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams. This is essentially unchanged from Quinnipiac University’s September 14th poll when Kemp received 50 percent support and Abrams received 48 percent support. In today’s poll, Republicans (97 – 3 percent) support Kemp, …

Quinnipiac Polling reports: In the wake of a controversy that’s landed Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker in the national spotlight, the race for U.S. Senate in Georgia remains essentially unchanged with Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock leading Walker 52 – 45 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll of likely voters in Georgia released today. This compares to a September 14th …

ABC News reports: Senate hopeful Herschel Walker said Tuesday that he now knows the identity of the person alleging that he reimbursed her for the cost of an abortion procedure more than a decade ago, but said he has not spoken to the ex-girlfriend since the news broke and accused her of lying. “I know nothing about an abortion,” Walker …

Emerson College Polling reports: The latest Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey of Georgia voters finds incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock with a two-point lead over Herschel Walker in the race for US Senate, 48% to 46%. Four percent of voters are undecided. Since the August Emerson Georgia poll, Warnock’s support increased four points and Walker’s support decreased by two points. Spencer …

The Washington Post reports: The Georgia prosecutor investigating whether Donald Trump improperly interfered in the 2020 presidential election filed court papers Friday to obtain testimony from Michael Flynn, Trump’s former national security adviser, and former House speaker Newt Gingrich. Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis also requested testimony from other potential witnesses including former White House lawyer Eric Herschmann. …

CNN reports: Herschel Walker’s Senate campaign cut ties with its political director on Wednesday, CNN has learned, the move coming just days after The Daily Beast reported that the Georgia Republican paid for a woman’s abortion more than a decade ago. The departure of Taylor Crowe, who previously held the same role on ex-GOP Sen. David Perdue’s failed bid for …

Atlanta’s Fox affiliate reports: A new InsiderAdvantage/FOX 5 poll shows Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock leading Republican challenger Herschel Walker in the race for U.S. Senate in Georgia after a new report of abortion allegations against Walker. The poll of 550 likely voters in Georgia was conducted on Tuesday night and shows Warnock at 47%, Walker at 44%, Libertarian Chase Oliver …

Politico reports: Months before news broke alleging that Herschel Walker paid for an abortion, top Republicans in the state — including those advising his team — warned him that the story could torpedo his campaign. Four people with knowledge of those preliminary discussions said that the abortion issue was well known within the state, even before reporters began inquiring about …

The Freedom From Religion Foundation reports: Jenny Savoy, a reading enrichment teacher at Richards Middle School in Gwinnett County, Ga., has been openly bragging on Facebook about using her position to convert students to Christianity. She runs a religious club at her middle school and regularly preaches to students. Disturbingly, Savoy described in detail in a Facebook post on Sept. …

USA Today reports: Ian strengthened back into a Category 1 hurricane late Thursday and was set to make landfall Friday afternoon on the coast of South Carolina before moving inland across the state and into North Carolina by Saturday. Heavy rains and tropical storm conditions had already reached the coasts of Georgia and the Carolinas by Friday morning, where life-threatening …

Atlanta’s NBC affiliate reports: Ian regained hurricane strength late Thursday afternoon and became a minimal Category 1 hurricane. The storm, which left a trail of destruction after crossing the Florida peninsula, is now taking aim at South Carolina, according to the National Hurricane Center. In its 5 p.m. EDT advisory, the hurricane center said that Ian had maximum sustained winds …

CNN reports: One morning in late August, Zach Manifold showed up at his job running the elections office in Gwinnett County, Georgia, to find eight boxes waiting, all filled with documents challenging the eligibility of tens of thousands of people to cast ballots. It was the physical manifestation of a law passed by the Republican-controlled state legislature in 2021, making …

Fox News reports: With just six weeks until the midterm election, the latest Fox News survey among Georgia registered voters shows Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock maintaining an edge over Republican Herschel Walker, while incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp widens his lead against Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams. The poll, released Wednesday, finds Warnock up 5 points over Walker (46%-41%), similar to …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Republican Senate hopeful Herschel Walker’s campaign recently listed a woman who was arrested in March on charges of participating in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol as one of his “county captains.” The former football star’s campaign included Mandy Robinson-Hand in an August press release that named dozens of other grassroots supporters. Robinson-Hand, …

The Hill reports: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) announced on Friday that the state will replace voting machines in Coffee County after a forensics team linked to former President Trump handled the equipment last year. “To allay the fears being stoked by perennial election deniers and conspiracy theorists, we’re replacing Coffee County’s election machines,” Raffensperger said in a …

The New York Times reports: Back when he was a businessman running a food-distribution company, Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate for Senate in Georgia, said his company offered its customers more than just burgers and hot wings. “You are not just serving delicious, appealing food … you’re teaming up with Herschel, in an effort to level life’s playing field for …

CBS News reports: It’s the personal vs. the partisan in Georgia’s Senate race, where the candidates are close in support, but voters’ rationales for supporting each of them are quite different. Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has better favorable ratings and character measures, while GOP challenger Herschel Walker’s voters have eyes on Washington and a chance for a Republican Senate. In …

The New York Times reports: Newly released videos show allies of former President Donald J. Trump and contractors who were working on his behalf handling sensitive voting equipment in a rural Georgia county weeks after the 2020 election. One such incident took place on Jan. 7 of last year, the day after supporters of Mr. Trump stormed the Capitol, when …

“I’m a country boy. I’m not that smart. He’s a preacher. (Warnock) is smart and wears these nice suits. So, he is going to show up and embarrass me at the debate Oct. 14th and I’m just waiting to show up and I will do my best. “He has made every excuse not to show up. I begged him until …