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Bottoms makes history as Georgia's first Black governor
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Keeping the Faith for Georgia
Pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church and Georgia's first Black U.S. senator, Raphael Warnock spent 2026 on the trail for his fellow Democrats. On November 3, Georgia answered, re-electing Sen. Jon Ossoff and electing Keisha Lance Bottoms as the state's first Black governor.
🏛 Senator since January 2021
⛪ Senior Pastor, Ebenezer Baptist
🗳 Re-elected December 2022
Georgia 2026 Results
Georgia Goes Blue, Top to Bottom
Warnock's seat isn't on the ballot until 2028, but he campaigned across the state for the Democratic ticket. On election night, Democrats swept Georgia's top races.
Election Night
Georgia results ↗
“Congratulations to my brother, Jon Ossoff!”
Sen. Warnock, celebrating his colleague's re-election as the results came in on November 3.
- ✓Jon Ossoff — U.S. SenateRe-elected over Rep. Mike Collins, about 59% to 41%.
- ✓Keisha Lance Bottoms — GovernorDefeated Rick Jackson to become Georgia's first Black governor.
- ✓Josh McLaurin — Lieutenant GovernorFlipped the office from Republican control.
- ✓Penny Brown Reynolds — Secretary of StateGeorgia's first Democratic secretary of state in nearly 20 years.
- ✓Tanya Miller — Attorney GeneralWon the race for Georgia's top law enforcement office.
- ✓Public Service CommissionDemocrats won both seats on the ballot.
Projections from CBS News and the AP on election night. Official results will be certified by the Georgia Secretary of State.
59%
Ossoff's share of the vote with 99% reporting
84th
Governor of Georgia, and the first Black woman to serve as governor of any state
Sweep
Democrats won Georgia's governor, Senate, lieutenant governor, secretary of state and AG races
About
Meet Raphael Warnock
From public housing in Savannah to the pulpit of Martin Luther King Jr.'s church to the U.S. Senate.
Raphael Warnock was born in Savannah in 1969, the eleventh of twelve children of two Pentecostal pastors, and grew up in public housing. He graduated cum laude from Morehouse College and earned his master of divinity and Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary in New York.
On Father's Day 2005 he became senior pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, the spiritual home of Dr. King, the youngest person ever to hold the post. From the pulpit he became a leading voice for voting rights and for expanding Medicaid in Georgia.
In January 2021 he won a runoff over Sen. Kelly Loeffler, becoming Georgia's first Black U.S. senator and the first Black Democrat elected to the Senate from a Southern state. Together with Jon Ossoff's victory, his win gave Democrats control of the Senate. Georgians re-elected him to a full six-year term in 2022. He is the father of two children.
“A vote is a kind of prayer for the world we desire.”— Sen. Raphael Warnock
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Savannah Roots
Raised in public housing as one of twelve children.
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Pastor
Leads the church where Dr. King once preached.
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Senator
Georgia's first Black U.S. senator.
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Author
Wrote a memoir and a children's book.
Priorities
What Sen. Warnock Fights For
Lowering costs, protecting democracy and making sure no Georgian is left behind.
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Affordable Medicine
Cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month for every American who needs it, not just seniors.
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Expand Medicaid
Close Georgia's coverage gap so hundreds of thousands of working people can see a doctor.
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Protect the Vote
Pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and defend every eligible voter's access to the ballot.
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Rural Georgia
Support family farmers, rural hospitals and broadband in every corner of the state.
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Veterans & Military Families
Stand up for Georgia's bases, service members and veterans.
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Good Jobs
Bring clean-energy manufacturing and infrastructure investment to Georgia communities.
The Record
Delivering for Georgia
Highlights from a life of service in the pulpit and the Senate.
$35
Monthly insulin cap for Medicare patients, a law he championed
$2,000
Annual cap on out-of-pocket drug costs for seniors on Medicare
2×
Statewide runoff wins, in 2021 and 2022
50–50
Senate his 2021 win helped deliver for Democrats
2005
Called to Ebenezer
Became the fifth and youngest senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.
2014
Standing Up for Health Care
Was arrested in a sit-in at the Georgia State Capitol while urging lawmakers to expand Medicaid.
January 2021
Making History
Won the runoff over Sen. Kelly Loeffler and was sworn in on January 20 as Georgia's first Black senator.
August 2022
Lowering Drug Costs
Helped pass the Inflation Reduction Act, capping insulin at $35 a month and seniors' drug costs at $2,000 a year.
December 2022
A Full Term
Defeated Herschel Walker in a runoff to win a full six-year term.
2026
On the Trail for Georgia Democrats
Rallied volunteers across the state for Ossoff, Bottoms and the Democratic ticket, which swept the top races.
In the News
Election Coverage
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Warnock calls the midterms “a moral moment in America”
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How Georgians view Ossoff, Warnock and others as possible 2028 contenders.
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Georgia showed the country what's possible when people organize, vote and keep the faith. Help Sen. Warnock keep up the fight for Georgia.
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