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In 2020, the outcome of the U.S. Senate races in Georgia helped determine the makeup of the Senate and allowed for the most consequential climate legislation ever introduced, to pass in 2022. Georgia remains an important state in determining state and federal legislation and implementation.
Important Dates
November 28: Early voting begins.
December 2: Early voting ends.
Absentee ballots must be received by close of polls on December 6. We strongly encourage you to take in person to a drop box, or hand deliver them to the elections clerk.
For up-to-date information and local polling office information, check with your local county board of registrar’s office.
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Candidates in Georgia’s Runoff Elections
There is a clear contrast between the U.S. Senate candidates profiled below. These runoff elections will likely determine if the U.S. Senate has enough votes to pass meaningful climate, clean energy, and energy affordability policies, or if Congress will be gridlocked and fail to take the actions we need to create a better future. We are providing this information to help you make an informed decision.
Does the candidate prioritize policies to address climate change?
Democrat Raphael Warnock – YES
Raphael Warnock’s campaign website states: “Reverend Warnock believes we must accept the science, invest in infrastructure, and combat the climate crisis that is already at our door. He sees climate change as a moral issue, which we must act on by ignoring Washington special interests, and instead putting effective, common sense policies in place.”
In the Senate, Reverend Warnock has:
- Supported the U.S. rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement
- Voted to strengthen standards for clean air
- Passed legislation that is the largest-ever investment in clean energy and climate action
Source: warnockforgeorgia.com/issues/climate
Republican Herschel Walker – NO
Herschel Walker cast doubt on the need to reduce air pollution, saying: “We, in America, have some of the cleanest air and cleanest water of anywhere in the world. So what we do is, we gonna put, from the Green New Deal, billions of dollars cleaning our good air up.” Walker then argued that “Since we don’t control the air our good air decided to float over to China’s bad air so when China gets our good air, their bad air got to move. So it moves over to our good air space. Then now we got we to clean that back up.”
Does the candidate support policies to advance clean energy?
Democrat Raphael Warnock – YES
As a Senator, Reverend Warnock introduced the Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act to rapidly boost American solar manufacturing, accelerate the transition to clean energy, and support American energy independence. The bill was passed as part of the Inflation Reduction Act in August of 2022.
Source: warnockforgeorgia.com/issues/climate
Republican Herschel Walker – NO
Walker states on his website that he wants to make America energy independent. He opposed the clean energy investments in the Inflation Reduction Act because in his opinion, too much of the funds were going to trees. In comments that were first reported by the Atlanta Journal Constitution he stated, “Don’t we have enough trees around here?”
Source: https://www.teamherschel.com/issues/make-america energy-independent/; https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics
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