In tight Senate race, Georgia may hinge on new voters

Neither Timothy Daniels nor Latoya McGee voted in last month’s midterms. But both were motivated to turn out last week to cast early ballots for Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in Georgia’s Senate runoff.

For Mr. Daniels, it came down to character. “I look at a person’s morals and values when I go to vote,” he says, as he emerges from the downtown Convention Center in Savannah.

For Ms. McGee, what mattered most was familiarity. “[Senator Warnock] is from our community, so he understands us,” she explains. “That’s important to me.”

Young Black voters like Mr. Daniels and Ms. McGee could prove decisive in Tuesday’s contest between Senator Warnock and Republican candidate and former football star Herschel Walker. The historic race between two