Georgia GOP Senate Candidate Raises Concerns About Abrams FCC Chatter
Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker raised concerns Saturday about reports from Communications Daily and other media outlets that defeated 2022 Democratic Georgia gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams may be a contender for an FCC seat if the Senate doesn’t confirm…
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current commission nominee Gigi Sohn before the end of this Congress (see 2211300074). Abrams campaign spokesperson Michael Holloman partially countered those reports, saying in a statement the Georgia Democrat “has not applied for or sought out a position” at the FCC. Walker claimed if Democratic incumbent Senate Commerce Committee member Raphael Warnock wins a Tuesday runoff election, he will “keep voting against the people of Georgia and in support of his mentor” Abrams. “When I’m in” the Senate “I’ll fight to stop Stacey from ever coming to Washington,” Walker said. Incumbent Warnock has led Walker in most polls conducted since the Nov. 8 general election, including a 4 percentage point lead in a CNN survey released Friday. A Warnock win would give Democrats a 51-49 Senate majority at the start of the next Congress.