Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, will decide whether the 2023 Senate holds the 50-50 chamber status quo, or gives Democrats a 51-49 majority.
The U.S Senate is 232 years old, and the Upper Chamber has had only 11 Black senators. If Herschel Walker wins the Georgia seat, he would be the 12th.
In modern times, two Black candidates have faced off only once before, in 2004 in…