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Slack.com slash DHQ. It feels like I'm filming like a hostage video with this lighting.

You couldn't rearrange the lighting a little bit.

It was a rough morning, Galen. I had to make my own bed, you know, really wanted to make

sure the room looked presentable for the hot cat. Now you know what it's like to be

me every single day we record the podcast because there's my bed right there. Even with

COVID, I woke up this morning and I was like, you know what? First and foremost, I got

to make my bed because those YouTube viewers are going to be watching.

Hello and welcome to this Georgia runoff edition of the 538 Politics podcast. I'm Galen

Drewke. Folks, the 2022 midterms have come to an end with Senator Rafael Warnoch beating

Herschel Walker in the Senate runoff in Georgia. At the time of recording this podcast

on Wednesday morning, Warnoch has an almost three point lead.

That lead could grow slightly as the tallying is finalized, but what we do know is that while

this was a very competitive race, it was not ultimately a nail-biter, like 10.30pm Eastern,

three and a half hours after the polls closed, decision desks had made the call.

Today, we're going to take a look at how this election compares with the one in November

and past runoffs and what it tells us about Georgia's politics going forward and the

two parties' coalitions. We'll also ask what this all means for Trump's influence

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