Walker aims to pivot focus back to Dems in tight Ga. race

Republicans U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker, center, talks with Georgia state Sen. Butch Miller, left, and former state Rep. Terry Rogers as Walker campaigns Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Alto, Ga. Walker is trying to unseat Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in a contest that will help determine control of the Senate. (AP Photo/Bill Barrow)

Republican U.S. Senate nominee Herschel Walker commiserated as north Georgia farmers bemoaned environmental regulations and rising costs of doing business.

Minutes before, the former football star and political newcomer volleyed with journalists on issues ranging from gas prices to abortion.

In both audiences, Walker tried every way he could to steer the conversation back to Sen. Raphael Warnock and a Democratic administration whose popularity lags in this battleground state that President Joe Biden won by the narrowest of margins.