US Senator from Georgia since 2021, the first Black senator from Georgia. Senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, the church once led by Martin Luther King Jr. Won a 2021 runoff special election and a full term in 2022. Has been a strong advocate for voting rights legislation.
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Raphael Warnock
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Public positions Raphael Warnock has taken on contested policy questions. Each links to the full issue page where this voice sits among others.
- Abortion access"Supports federal abortion protections grounded in his role as a pastor and senator"
- Child tax credit"Supports making the expanded child tax credit permanent"
- Medicaid expansion"Pushes Georgia and other holdout states to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act"
- Voting Rights Act restoration"Lead Senate advocate for the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act"
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Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.
editorial · last refreshed 5/26/2026.Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.