Georgia’s short runoff election turnaround to spark frenzied ground game to capture U.S. Senate prize

Armies of ideologues will soon descend on Georgia to persuade voters to hit the polls one more time. (Photo left courtesy of Warnock campaign, photo right AP)

Herschel Walker and Sen. Raphael Warnock may be enjoying a break from their hectic campaign schedules for now, but they will soon be back on the roads and the airwaves hoping to convince Georgians to vote for them in the Dec. 6 runoff election.

So will the grassroots organizations that aim to help them. On Wednesday, a group of leaders of progressive organizations outlined their plans for the coming political blitz.

“What we’re doing for the remainder of the week is we’re going to give Georgians a little bit of a break,” said New Georgia Project Action Fund CEO Kendra Cotton. “And we’re probably going to take a little bit of a break. But we plan to start our runoff field program on Monday. We’re implementing a layered approach on doors, phones, texts and other outreach to retouch people we’ve already engaged this year, especially in high density areas.”