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Raphael Warnock

Raphael Gamaliel Warnock (born July 23, 1969) is an American Baptist pastor and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Georgia since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he assumed office on January 20, 2021, the same day as the Inauguration of Joe Biden. Since 2005, Warnock has been the senior pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church. He was the senior pastor of Douglas Memorial Community Church until 2005. Warnock came to prominence in Georgia politics as a leading activist in the campaign to expand Medicaid in the state under the Affordable Care Act. On January 30, 2020, Warnock announced his candidacy in Georgia's 2020 United States Senate special election, seeking to unseat incumbent Republican Kelly Loeffler. No candidate received a majority of the vote on election day, so Warnock faced Loeffler again in a January 5, 2021 runoff election, which he won by more than 93,000 votes. With Warnock's win and Jon Ossoff's victory in the concurrent regularly scheduled election, Democrats won control of the Senate for the first time since 2012. Warnock and Ossoff are the first Democrats elected to the U.S. Senate from Georgia since Zell Miller in 2000. Warnock is the first African American to represent Georgia in the Senate, and the first Black Democrat elected to the Senate from a Southern state. He was reelected to a full term in 2022, defeating Republican nominee Herschel Walker.


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Born:
Jul 23, 1969 In Savannah, Georgia, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
7
First Appeared:
In the series The Daily Show 1996-07-22
Latest Project:
Series Sherri 2022-09-12
Known For
Poster of Sherri
Poster of Level Playing Field
Poster of 24 Hours: Assault on the Capitol
Poster of Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Filmography
Series Sherri Self - Guest 2022-09-12
Movie 24 Hours: Assault on the Capitol Self 2021-01-11
Series Level Playing Field Self 2021-09-14
Series Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Unknown 2018-06-22
Series The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self 2015-09-08
Series The View Self - Guest 1997-08-11
Series The Daily Show Self 1996-07-22