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Herschel Walker's Baggage Is Hurting Him With A Key Group Of Voters

Focus group participants in Georgia who voted for Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020 were fond of Gov. Brian Kemp but cooler on the GOP Senate nominee.

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1940

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1890

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