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U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael G. Warnock was raised in public housing in Savannah, Georgia and is the eleventh of twelve children born to pastors Jonathan and Verlene Warnock, who instilled a sense of service in Warnock at a very young age.

The first in his family to graduate from college, Senator Reverend Warnock was inspired by Dr. King’s teachings to attend Atlanta’s historic Morehouse College, and he went on to receive his doctorate at the renowned Union Theological Seminary.

Since 2005, Warnock has served as Senior Pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, the former pulpit of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He is the youngest pastor selected to serve in that leadership role at the historic church. Additionally, Warnock has long believed his ministry of service doesn’t stop at the church doors, and as a pastor and longtime social justice advocate has worked to expand health care access, safeguard nutrition benefits, protect voting rights and end mass incarceration.

Elected Georgia’s first Black Senator in 2021, Senator Reverend Warnock has carried his service and advocacy into the Senate, where he has helped pass legislation to create jobs, address the maternal mortality crisis and successfully championed efforts to cap insulin costs for seniors at $35 a month. Warnock successfully defended his seat and was elected to a full six-year term in December 2022.

Currently, Senator Warnock serves on the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee; Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee; Finance Committee, as well as the Special Committee on Aging. Warnock continues to use his moral voice in the Senate to deliver for Georgians and center people in Washington’s policy-making—from working to end rampant gun violence, cap insulin costs for everyone who needs it and close Georgia’s health care gap, to advocating for America’s farmers and rural communities, and fighting to strengthen and lengthen the cords of our democracy by protecting the sacred right to vote.