Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said Tuesday that Raphael Warnock’s frontrunner status in an open primary for a U.S. Senate seat is evidence that the tide is now turning in Georgia.
The pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church is expected to face either U.S. Rep. Doug Collins or U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler in a January runoff.
“When we finish today, the work continues,” Abrams said at an Election Day rally held for Warnock at Atlanta’s Coan Park. “Because we protest at the ballot box, we protest in the streets, and then we protest in the halls of power until we can demand what we deserve and that is justice.”
Several dozen Georgians, many carrying Warnock campaign signs and wearing T-shirts and masks with his name, soaked up Warnock’s message as they gathered at the border of Kirkwood and Edgewood neighborhood.
“The joy comes in the morning and we are on the verge of morning in Georgia and the United States of America,” Warnock said. “That morning doesn’t magically appear. We all have to get up. We have to get to work.”
The park also serves as a voting site where Tyshawn Arnold said he feels the momentum behind Warnock, Jon Ossoff and other Democrats will push them ahead of their Republican challengers.
“We got too many problems here in Georgia and not enough (politicians) that will speak up for what’s right and us folks who don’t have as much power,” 31-year-old Arnold said.
