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In Georgia, Football and Politics Converge

Some fans saw a convergence between a University of Georgia football game and the close race between Senator Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker, a Georgia football hero.

Herschel Walker at a rally on Saturday in Athens, Ga., where the University of Georgia football team, ranked third in the country, was playing top-ranked Tennessee.Credit...Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

ATHENS, Ga. — Tammy Mitchell remembers being about 10 years old when she saw a powerful running back named Herschel Walker lead the University of Georgia Bulldogs to a national championship in 1980.