DALTON, Ga. — In the middle of a community center gym in the northwest corner of this state that is the epicenter of American politics stood the Reverend Senator Raphael Warnock. Flanked by red, white and blue balloons, the Democrat campaigning here in staunchly Republican terrain looked out at a small but supportive crowd of Black and white faces.

Tuesday night he lost the sixth in Georgia. In the last battle of the 2022 midterms, Senator Raphael Warnock dealt another blow to former President Donald J. Trump, whose handpicked candidate, Herschel Walker, was outspent and outmatched.

ATLANTA — Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock wrapped up his “one more time” tour with a victory Tuesday in the runoff, defeating Republican rival Herschel Walker to secure a six-year term. Here are four takeaways from the Georgia runoff.

As Georgia Democrats worked to reelect Sen. Raphael Warnock in the runoff, they employed a strategy to make the case to swing voters that may have been uncomfortable with Warnock’s Republican opponent Herschel Walker.