Herschel Walker
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Herschel Walker is running as a Republican in the state of Georgia. Herschel Walker is a Challenger in the U.S. Senate race. Herschel Walker is running against Raphael Warnock in the U.S. Senate race. See our U.S. Senate race map and our Georgia Senate state map.
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How is the media covering Herschel Walker?Herschel Walker often is covered by Left Media sources.
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Herschel Walker is a former American football running back, bobsledder, and mixed martial artist. He played college football for the University of Georgia, earned consensus All-American honors three times and won the 1982 Heisman Trophy. He is considered to be one of the greatest college football players of all time, ranked No. 1 by Bleacher Report, 247sports, and Sporting News, and No. 2 by ESPN. Walker began his professional football career with the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League, before joining the National Football League, initially with the Dallas Cowboys. He was the focus of a huge 1989 trade to the Minnesota Vikings, and later played for the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999.
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Media Bias Breakdown
How is the media covering Herschel Walker?Herschel Walker often is covered by Left Media sources.
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Top Herschel Walker News
Raphael Warnock · AtlantaFormer University of Georgia football legend Herschel Walker wins GOP nomination for U.S. Senate. Walker will face Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in November. Walker is one of the party's top fundraisers as the GOP seeks to regain control of the upper chamber after losing both of Georgia's Senate seats in 2021 runoffs.See the Story
Herschel Walker wins Georgia’s Republican Senate primary
44% Center coverage: 64 sources
US & Canada · ColumbusHerschel Walker often boasts of his work helping service members and veterans. He takes credit for founding, co-founding and sometimes operating a program called Patriot Support. But corporate documents, court records and Senate disclosures tell a more complicated story. The revelation marks the latest example of a far more complex reality.See the Story
Herschel Walker's ties to veterans program face scrutiny
56% Center coverage: 18 sources
US & Canada · GeorgiaHerschel Walker is expected to skip a second debate against his Republican rivals. Ted Budd has skipped four Republican primary debates in his bid for a U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina. GOP candidates for governor in Ohio, Nevada and Nebraska also have refused to engage.See the Story
Candidates test skipping debates without upsetting voters
50% Center coverage: 12 sources
Latest Herschel Walker News
US & Canada · GeorgiaGov. Brian Kemp and former football star Herschel Walker hope to win GOP majorities and clinch nominations for governor and U.S. senator on Tuesday without runoffs. Kemp met voters at a rally in Watkinsville, near his home in Athens, with Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts showing up to support him. Walker was scheduled to rally later Saturday in Columbus, having moved into a more public campaign phase in recent days.See the Story
Kemp and Walker look to victory in Georgia as primaries near
55% Center coverage: 11 sources
Raphael Warnock · AtlantaGov. Brian Kemp and Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams are in a dead heat. U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock has opened a solid lead over GOP challenger Herschel Walker. The poll was conducted June 23-27 among 1,497 Georgia registered voters, and has a .25 percentage-point margin of error.See the Story
Georgia poll shows Abrams, Kemp tied and Warnock leading in Senate race
42% Left coverage: 12 sources
US & Canada · GeorgiaHerschel Walker and Sen. Raphael Warnock both won their respective primaries on Tuesday. The race will test whether Democratic gains in 2020 were a blip or the start of a political realignment in a rapidly changing state. Republicans hope Walker's candidacy can at least neutralize the issue of race in the campaign.See the Story
In Georgia, 2 Black candidates to compete for Senate seat
53% Center coverage: 13 sources
US & CanadaHerschel Walker was absent from Tuesday's GOP Senate debate in Georgia. Gary Black, Latham Saddler, Kelvin King, Josh Clark and Jon McColumn took turns dunking on Walker's absence. Each continued to try to scratch out a case for GOP voters to turn away from Walker and consider them.See the Story
Georgia GOP Senate debate focuses on Herschel Walker absence
50% Center coverage: 6 sources
Herschel Walker · WashingtonHerschel Walker, the Republican nominee for a US Senate seat in Georgia, is piling dishonesty upon dishonesty on the subject of his college education. In December, Walker's campaign website falsely claimed that he had graduated from the University of Georgia, the school he left after his junior season to play professionally. When challenged about his graduation deception in an interview last week with FOX 5 Atlanta anchor Russ Spencer, Walker declared he had never once said he graduated.See the Story
Herschel Walker ‘Never Heard’ Trump Say Election Stolen
78% Left coverage: 9 sources
US & CanadaHerschel Walker was traded from the Dallas Cowboys to the Minnesota Vikings in 1989. The Vikings received eight draft picks, including three first-round picks and three second-rounds. The Nets have set the bar of at least three picks, plus pick swaps, for Kevin Durant. The NBA had attempted to limit such largesse with the Stepien Rule.See the Story
Ira Winderman: Should Heat, NBA be wary of pick packaging? And how much is too much? (Blame it on Herschel Walker)
60% Right coverage: 5 sources
![[Opinion] Poll Shows Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp Tied In Governor’s Race, and Raphael Warnock Leading Herschel Walker For Senate](https://groundnews.b-cdn.net/extMedia/05a67ae03fc7b4eb050891ed0b4225ebc22f2c60.jpg?width=320)
Raphael WarnockDemocratic Sen. Raphael Warnock is leading Republican challenger and football legend Herschel Walker by double digits in battleground Georgia’s crucial Senate showdown. Challenger Stacey Abrams is tied with current Gov. Brian Kemp according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. The candidates are sitting at 48 percent of voters’ support virtually unchanged since the last poll in January.See the Story
[Opinion] Poll Shows Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp Tied In Governor’s Race, and Raphael Warnock Leading Herschel Walker For Senate
100% Left coverage: 2 sources
Herschel WalkerIt’s easy to see why Herschel Walker easily won Georgia’s Republican nomination for the US Senate in May, his first-ever run for officeSee the Story
How Herschel Walker can still beat Raphael Warnock for Georgia’s Senate
100% Right coverage: 1 sources
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