A day after a run-off vote in Georgia sent Democrat Raphael Warnock back to the U.S. Senate over hopeful candidate Herschel Walker, residents in Atlanta applauded the huge voter turnout in the state.

"What I think about what happened last night is that it was a great night for America because Georgia had record turnout. And it's very important to me, as a former government teacher and a retired lawyer, to have huge participation in elections," Atlanta resident Donna Burchfield said. "I voted for Raphael Warnock because I believe in a lot of things he supports. And it was very much an anti-Trump vote."

Warnock's victory against his Republican rival, former football star Walker, strengthened his party's razor-thin majority in the U.S Senate and established Georgia as a battleground state certain to play a prominent role in the 2024 presidential election. Walker's defeat is also a setback for Donald Trump as he seeks the Republican nomination to run for the White House again in 2024. The former president endorsed Walker and dozens of other high-profile Republicans in this year's midterm elections, but he ended with a mixed record in his most competitive contests.

In Washington D.C., U.S. Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer congratulated Raphael Warnock who won re-election to the U.S. Senate in a hard-fought Georgia runoff on Tuesday, strengthening his party's razor-thin majority as he fought off a challenge by Walker.

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