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

Republican U.S. Senate nominee Herschel Walker signs a campaign hat for former Georgia state lawmaker Terry Rogers on Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Alto, Georgia. Walker, a former University of Georgia and NFL football star, is trying to unseat Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in what is expected to be a tight race that will help determine which party controls the Senate in the second half of President Joe Biden’s term. (AP Photo/Bill Barrow)

Georgia businessman Todd Stephens prays with Republicans U.S. Senate nominee Herschel Walker at Stephens’ livestock auction arena outside Athens, Ga., Wednesday, July 20, 2022, where Walker first came to fame as a star running back for the University of Georgia Bulldogs football team in 1980. Walker, an ally and personal friend of former President Donald Trump, is making his first run for public office as he tries to unseat Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock. (AP Photo/Bill Barrow)

Republican U.S. Senate nominee Herschel Walker talks with north Georgia farmers on Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Alto, Ga., as he campaigns to unseat Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in a contest that will help determine which party controls the Senate the second half of President Joe Biden’s term. (AP Photo/Bill Barrow)

Republican U.S. Senate nominee Herschel Walker talks with a voter at a livestock auction in Athens, Ga., Wednesday, July 20, 2022, as Walker campaigns to unseat Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock. (AP Photo/Bill Barrow)

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