Following Friday’s highly-anticipated Georgia Senate debate, Republican Herschel Walker and Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock are scheduled to meet again on Sunday in Atlanta.

Moderated by Atlanta’s Morning News Host Scott Slade, and hosted by the Atlanta Press Club, Sunday night’s debate will mark the second time the U.S. Senate rivals will meet face-to-face. Libertarian Chase Oliver is also expected to participate.

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The latest AJC and University of Georgia poll released last Wednesday shows a tight race between Warnock and Walker. The poll was reportedly taken before new abortion allegations surfaced against Walker.

The poll of more than a thousand respondents taken between Sept. 25 and Oct. 4 shows incumbent Warnock leading Walker in the race 46.4% to 43.4%, which is still within the poll’s 3.1% margin of error.

With Libertarian candidate Chase Oliver polling at 4.1% and 6.1% undecided, there is a real possibility of a runoff between Walker and Warnock in December.

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Experts say that the time period in which UGA conducted the polling is important in the race for U.S. Senate. Most of the polling happened before new allegations surfaced against Walker that he paid for the mother of one of his children to get an abortion, despite saying that he opposes abortion in all instances.

In the survey conducted, 61% of respondents said they do not support Georgia’s 2019 law that bans abortions after a heartbeat is detected.

Forty-seven percent said that protecting abortion rights would factor into their decision this election. Eighteen percent said abortion would not influence their vote and 29% said they would support candidates who would limit abortion access.

AJC-UGA POLL (1030 respondents between Sept. 25th-Oct. 4th)

U.S. Senate Race

• Warnock (D): 46.4%
• Walker (R): 43.4%
• Oliver (L): 4.1%
• Undecided: 6.1%
• Margin of error: 3.1%

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