The surprise winner in the new Democratic primary calendar - Axios

If Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) wins his runoff Tuesday, expect rising buzz helium could beryllium a promising Democratic statesmanlike campaigner successful 2024, if President Biden doesn't run, oregon beyond.

• Why it matters: The extremist 2024 primary-calendar overhaul adopted yesterday by the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee, plays into Warnock's hands.

The Warnock camp is downplaying speech of nationalist aspirations.

• But if helium beats Herschel Walker, Warnock volition instrumentality the Democrats' Senate bulk from 50 seats (with Vice President Harris arsenic the tie-breaker) to a coagulated 51.

Warnock, 53 — elder pastor astatine Ebenezer Baptist Church successful Atlanta, erstwhile the pulpit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — is simply a charismatic talker who has made inroads with achromatic suburban voters.

• Plus helium could unite the Democratic conjugation and reinvigorate Black voters, whose turnout sagged nationally successful 2022.

The calendar — with its front-loading of Georgia and neighboring South Carolina — adds to Warnock's appeal.