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It's Wednesday.

Today show, the fallout from Georgia, plus what's next for Kevin McCarthy.

It's your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.

Over the past 30 months,

Rafael Warnock has won a Senate primary,

got the most votes in two general elections, and won two runoffs.

And on Tuesday night, he finally won a full six-year term in the United States Senate.

A lot has been said about how flawed a candidate that Warnock's opponent, Herschel Walker was.

And so much of the conversation and coverage of Georgia's election centered on what

it would mean for the power of a current and a former president. But Warnock's 3.1 Tuesday

underscored his own talents and cemented the 53-year-old pastor as one of the nation's most

compelling and effective democratic politicians. His five-election streak in a changing but still

conservative state

should be recognized as an amazing political feat. Warnock has managed to combine a compelling

biography, going from Savannah's housing projects to Martin Luther King Jr.'s pulpit,

with disciplined messaging, relentless organizing, and a stunning capacity for small dollar

fundraising. He's cobbled together, a Biden-esque

coalition ranging from hyped up Democrats to moderate Republicans and independents. Warnock heads

back to Capitol Hill with his political stock at an all-time high. While Georgia's runoff system

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