Former President Barack Obama is weighing in on Georgia's special election for US Senate. The former president announced his endorsement of Rev. Raphael Warnock.
The nod was among dozens of endorsements of Democratic candidates across the country released by Obama on Twitter.
Warnock is pastor of the Atlanta church where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached. He is one of 20 candidates challenging Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler for the seat she was appointed to by Georgia's governor.
Even with broad support from party leaders, Warnock has been polling right behind Loeffler and Republican Representative Doug Collins.
Also on Obama's list of endorsed candidates is Mokah Jasmine Johnson, who is challenging Republican incumbent Houston Gaines in the race for State House District 117. Gaines was elected to the House in 2018 in a seat that has changed parties several times in recent years.