What Happened This Week In Washington — And Georgia

Indeed, Geoffrey, Warnock would be only the second popularly elected Black senator from the former Confederacy.

Amelia, that historical angle is worth remembering with Warnock’s candidacy, too, should he win. There have been 10 Black senators in U.S. history, and none have come from Georgia, even though it has one of the largest Black populations of any state in the country.

My back-of-the-napkin calculations estimate that there are about 220,000 votes remaining in DeKalb, 150,000 in Cobb, 70,000 in Chatham, 60,000 in Fulton and 60,000 in Gwinnett. All are blue counties.