Former Football Star Herschel Walker Launches Senate Bid

Former NFL player Herschel Walker speaks by video feed during the largely virtual 2020 Republican National Convention broadcast from Washington, on Aug. 24, 2020. Walker has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump for the U.S. Senate. 2020 Republican National Convention/Handout via Reuters

WASHINGTON—Retired football star Herschel Walker, an ally of former President Donald Trump, filed paperwork on Tuesday to run for Senate in Georgia, as Republicans try to win back one of the two seats they lost in January runoff elections.

Walker filed the documentation with the Federal Election Commission to seek the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock in the November 2022 election.