A gay third-party candidate in Georgia could help determine who controls the Senate

The race between incumbent Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock (D) and anti-LGBTQ Republican Herschel Walker also includes gay libertarian Chase Oliver, who could force a runoff election.

A gay third-party Senate candidate could cause a runoff election in Georgia, a state where a candidate must receive a majority of the vote to be declared the winner.

The race between incumbent Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock (D) and anti-LGBTQ Republican Herschel Walker also includes gay libertarian Chase Oliver. According to CNN, polls show Oliver garnering about three to four percent of the vote while neither Walker nor Warnock will end up with over 50%.

This means that as with the last Senate elections, all eyes could be on Georgia to determine who controls the Senate, as polls project 50 seats for Republicans and 49 for Democrats, not including Georgia. If the polls are correct about the rest of the Senate makeup and Warnock also wins the Georgia seat, Democrats will maintain control of the Senate with Vice President Harris as the tie-breaking vote.

Oliver has spoken out against the two-party system and stated in a recent debate with Warnock (as Walker declined to attend), “I don’t have any interest in partisan bickering. I owe no allegiance to either party. I only owe allegiance to you, the voter.”

Oliver is also the first out gay Senate candidate in Georgia. He recently spoke to CNN about…

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