The Last Senate Seat

<p>Georgia voters are heading to the polls for the final battle of the 2022 midterms — the runoff election between Senator Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, and his Republican opponent, Herschel Walker.</p><p>Both parties have their own challenges: Republicans have a candidate quality issue in Mr. Walker, and Democrats are concerned about the turnout of their voter coalition. One side, though, already seems resigned to losing.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/maya-king?smid=pc-thedaily">Maya King</a>, a politics reporter covering the South for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/us/politics/georgia-senate-runoff-election-day-turnout.html">On the eve of Georgia’s Senate runoff</a>, Mr. Warnock warned his supporters about being overconfident, and Mr. Walker urged Republicans to flood the polls.</li><li>The runoff will answer<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/us/politics/georgia-senate-race-democrats-republicans.html"> a big question</a> — what’s more powerful: a candidate’s skills and experience, or the tug of political partisanship?</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>