# 2022 US Senate Races **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 6, 2020, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327 "2020-10-06T10:26:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 57
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1122 "2022-11-16T03:45:36Z")
If Scott follows through on this he will show he isn’t just incompetent at running the GOP Senate Campaign but an utter buffoon. McConnell may be vulnerable but Rick Scott doesn’t have the balls or gravitas to pull off this particular maneuver. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1123 "2022-11-16T04:06:25Z")
Hmmm…… I get it that there is a big faction of the Republican Party that has realized that maybe they need to run on policies, but I’m not convinced of the wisdom of picking “Eliminate Social Security and Medicare” (which was the cornerstone of Rick Scott’s policy proposal) as that policy. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1124 "2022-11-16T11:05:41Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I’m not convinced of the wisdom of picking “Eliminate Social Security and Medicare” (which was the cornerstone of Rick Scott’s policy proposal) as that policy. shhhhhh… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1125 "2022-11-23T14:34:12Z")
Dr. Oz might have some advice for him on carpetbagger candidacies… > **[Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker getting tax break in 2022 on Texas...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/23/politics/kfile-herschel-walker-texas-tax-break-georgia-runoff/index.html)** > > Republican Herschel Walker is getting a tax break intended only for a primary residence this year on his home in the Dallas, Texas, area, despite running for Senate in Georgia. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1126 "2022-11-29T13:37:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dr. Oz might have some advice for him on carpetbagger candidacies… Sadly, I think this one thing won’t get traction. Literally the ONLY thing\* Walker has had going for him (and will continue to) is what he did for the state of Georgia’s college football fans, in a previous millennium. That makes him forever Georgian, to people who value such things. \*Well, and that he’ll push whatever button Trump tells him to. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1127 "2022-11-29T17:57:36Z")
I’m a little surprised at the relative lack of polling for the GA runoff. There have been a couple but none commissioned by major media outlets or by top tier pollsters. What else have they got to do these days? ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1128 "2022-11-29T18:16:40Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > I’m a little surprised at the relative lack of polling for the GA runoff. I was just thinking that yesterday. Maybe polling companies don’t budget to keep things going after election day or something. FWIW, Warnock looking strong on PredictIt. [https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/7107](https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/7107) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1129 "2022-11-29T19:09:00Z")
Literally the only November 2022 candidate (nationwide) who “fully denied 2020 election results” and yet won was…Ron Johnson (see chart). Wisconsin voters, so many of you are, shall we say, disappointing. > **[When Democracy Was On The Ballot In 2022, Voters Usually Chose It](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/rogers-democracy-on-ballot-1129/)** > > Or at least rejected candidates who denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1130 "2022-11-29T19:11:12Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > I’m a little surprised at the relative lack of polling for the GA runoff. I haven’t heard the new podcast yet, but I assume they talk about this: > **[Politics Podcast: Where The Georgia Runoff Stands](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/politics-podcast-where-the-georgia-runoff-stands/)** > > Election Day in Georgia is just a week away, so the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast crew shook off their turkey hangover to talk about what to expect in Georgi… ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1131 "2022-11-29T20:38:57Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Literally the only November 2022 candidate (nationwide) who “fully denied 2020 election results” and yet won was…Ron Johnson (see chart). Wisconsin voters, so many of you are, shall we say, disappointing. Thanks for that link. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1132 "2022-11-30T13:39:43Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > I’m a little surprised at the relative lack of polling for the GA runoff. In that 538 podcast, they mention there have been just two polls so far, one showing Warnock up by four percent, then other showing Walker up by one percent. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1133 "2022-12-01T14:23:47Z")
Hope he makes a big difference in Dem turnout: > **[Obama heads to Ga. as Warnock seeks big early vote advantage](https://www.aol.com/news/obama-heads-ga-warnock-seeks-112204333.html)** > > Georgia voters have already cast more than 1 million ballots ahead of the Dec. 6 Senate runoff between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1134 "2022-12-01T14:34:13Z")
My free tip for the Warnock campaign. When you want to send me a text hitting me up for a donation, refer to your candidate as Sen. Warnock; NOT Rev. Warnock. I don’t give money to anybody with the word “reverend” in front of their name. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1135 "2022-12-01T14:35:25Z")
Yeah. I even got a mailing describing him as “Sen. Rev. Warnock.” Don’t care for that. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1136 "2022-12-01T14:52:52Z")
That’s MISTER Senator Reverend to you! ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1137 "2022-12-01T16:48:17Z")
They are less concerned about less minute fundraising than votes. You’ll vote for the Reverend pretty sure. Your turnout is frankly a given. You know to judge him based on his past actions, and the national importance of the seat. I suspect however that playing up his lived Christian values authenticity plays well to many others in the state, minimally demotivating some with fundamentalist worldviews from coming out to vote against him. Is that suspicion way off base? @Elmer_J.Fudd, would you have withheld support from the Rev. Martin Luther King? I get the automatic response but I doubt that either of you are actually small minded; neither would actually prejudge based on someone both being a Reverend and holding that title as core to their identity. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1138 "2022-12-01T21:47:15Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > @Elmer_J.Fudd, would you have withheld support from the Rev. Martin Luther King? Dr. King wasn’t running for public office, but if he was, his use of the title “reverend” would have given me pause. Although, not a Georgian, I sent Warnock money in 2020 because the stakes were so high. I helped him earn the title of Senator and he should damned well use it when acting in the realm of politics instead of a title used by more fundraising charlatans than can even be found in Washington DC. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1139 "2022-12-01T21:53:49Z")
If Warnock is entitled to the honorific “reverend”, who am I to tell him that his _chosen name_ is… wrong? ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1140 "2022-12-02T03:52:49Z")
I am a bit surprised by the prejudice demonstrated here. I am a secular person myself. And very aware of how many have used and currently use religion as a tool for othering and oppression. But I have also known some deeply religious whose beliefs have led them to acts of self-sacrifice for the public good, for those not of their group, not of their dogma or creed. I do not personally believe that god uses the good ones and the bad ones use god, but there are good ones motivated by what they believe about god. Anyway. The honorific likely helps in this race just as a matter of realpolitik. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/1141 "2022-12-02T14:10:53Z")
I just think it’s a little silly. How many titles do you need before your name? If he held a doctorate, would he be Sen. Rev. Dr. Warnock? Also: > **[CNN Poll: Warnock holds a narrow edge over Walker in final undecided Senate...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/02/politics/cnn-poll-georgia-senate-runoff-election/index.html)** > > In the final undecided Senate contest of 2022, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia holds a narrow lead over Republican challenger Herschel Walker among those likely to vote in a runoff election Tuesday, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327.md?page=58)