More than 350,000 people voted in Georgia on Friday, setting a new record for early voting.
According to the chief operating officer for the Georgia secretary of state's office, at least 353,450 people voted on Friday, smashing a previous record that had been set on Tuesday.
With a few days of missed work, our totals are over one million. He wrote that it will likely put us over 1.9 million by election day.
On Friday night, he praised the efforts of election officials and precinct workers who had prepared for early voting.
He praised the elections officials and voters on the social media platform.
The last day of early voting in Georgia set a record, with 233,000 voters casting their ballot.
According to the secretary of state's office, voter turnout in Georgia was 26.4% as of December 3. 45% of the voters were white, 32% were black, 9% were unknown or other, and 2% were Hispanic.
After winning a special election last year to fill the remaining term of Johnny Isakson, Warnock wants a full six-year term. He has sought to emphasize his bipartisanship and accomplishments in the upper chamber, including his work to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, which would have capped the cost of medicare drugs at $35 The price cap for individuals with private insurance was blocked by the Senate earlier this year.
Walker has sought to portray Warnock as beholden to President Joe Biden and Democratic interests, playing up gas prices and inflation while arguing that a Republican victory would give the party real leverage in a 50-50 Senate.
In January, the Senate would have a 51-47 Democratic majority, with the party flipping the GOP-controlled Pennsylvania Senate seat.
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