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Raphael Gamaliel Warnock

Democrat junior Senator of Georgia

  • Senator

    Georgia

    January 20, 2021 - January 3, 2023

  • Senator

    Georgia

    January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2029

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@SenatorWarnock

warnock.senate.gov

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Congresses Served

2

Senate Terms

July 23, 1969 (55 years old)

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  • Serves as the junior United States senator from Georgia since 2021
  • Has been the senior pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church since 2005
  • Previously served as the senior pastor of Douglas Memorial Community Church from 2001 to 2005
  • Became prominent in Georgia politics as a leading activist in the campaign to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act
  • Announced candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2020, won a runoff election in January 2021
  • First African American to represent Georgia in the Senate and the first Black Democrat elected to the Senate from a Southern state
  • Re-elected to a full term in 2022
  • Grew up in public housing as the eleventh of twelve children
  • Graduated cum laude from Morehouse College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology
  • Earned Master of Divinity, Master of Philosophy, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Union Theological Seminary
  • Advocated for clemency for Troy Davis and delivered the benediction at the second inauguration of Barack Obama
  • Chaired the New Georgia Project from June 2017 to January 2020, focusing on increasing voter registration
  • Supports expanding the Affordable Care Act, the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, abortion rights, and gay marriage
  • Opposes the concealed carry of firearms and has long opposed the death penalty
  • Voted to convict former president Donald Trump of inciting the January 6 United States Capitol attack
  • Co-sponsored an amendment to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour
  • Worked on legislation naming a United Post Office building in Atlanta after John Lewis
  • Was the only Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee to vote against the SAFE Banking Act
  • Describes himself as a “pro-choice pastor” and has been criticized by some for his stance on abortion
  • Opposes the death penalty and has worked on defense, economy, infrastructure, environment, gun control, healthcare, immigration, LGBT rights, Supreme Court, veterans, military families, voting rights, welfare, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
  • Lives in Atlanta, was married with two children, and had a divorce finalized in 2020