Raphael Warnock is an American politician and Baptist pastor who serves as the junior United States Senator from Georgia, a seat he has held since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he was reelected to a full term in 2022. Warnock is the first African American to represent Georgia in the Senate, the first Black Democrat elected to the Senate from a Southern state, and the second Black U.
S. Senator directly elected from a Southern state.