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<p>As college football legend Herschel Walker prepared to step into the Georgia Senate race in 2021, people close to him tried to talk him out of it—including his own wife.</p>
<p>It was risky, many people advised. They knew that the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/herschel-walker-says-hes-a-model-dad-he-has-a-secret-son">secrets</a> <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/pro-life-herschel-walker-paid-for-girlfriends-abortion-georgia-senate">lurking</a> in <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/herschel-walker-critic-of-absentee-dads-admits-to-yet-another-secret-son">Walker’s past</a> could damage his very profitable brand. And there was no telling if he’d win or lose.</p>
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As college football legend Herschel Walker prepared to step into the Georgia Senate race in 2021, people close to him tried to talk him out of it—including his own wife.
It was risky, many people advised. They knew that the secretslurking in Walker’s past could damage his very profitable brand. And there was no telling if he’d win or lose.
