AP: Warnock clinches Dem nomination

The Associated Press declared that U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock has clinched the Democratic nomination for Senate as he seeks a full six-year term in the upper chamber.

BREAKING: Raphael Warnock wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Georgia primary election. #APRaceCall at 7:41 p.m. EDT. https://t.co/2nlgpji7ac
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) May 24, 2022

Warnock, who was elected in a 2020 special election to fill the remainder of the late Johnny Isakson’s term, faced token primary opposition from Tamara Johnson-Shealey.

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