Can Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock Make History?
The two candidates hope to be Georgia’s first Jewish senator and Black senator, respectively a reckoning that has been decades in the making.
Photographs by JESSE PRATT LÓPEZ for The New Republic
Jon Ossoff arrives in Reverend Raphael Warnock s campaign bus at a rally in Conyers, Georgia, in early December.
If you speak with people who have long
known Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff the Democratic candidates hoping
to flip Georgia’s two U.S. Senate seats in tightly contested runoff elections
on January 5 you will hear them use words like “destiny” and “providential” to
Gerald Welch overcame tremendous obstacles in his life before losing it to COVID-19 complications.
“One thing I admired about him he was brutally honest,” wife Donna Welch tells PEOPLE. “He was straight up, wouldn’t sugar coat.” Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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The Pennsylvania social worker and education reformer began 2020 as the new Harrisburg School Board member and was determined to help the students get the education they deserved.
“Everyone in the community came around him, Donna, 60, says of his bold approach.
Gerald said during a campaign interview, I am running because I understand how education can completely change the trajectory of your life.