POLITICO NIGHTLY: October surprise season
View in browser BY CALDER MCHUGH Herschel Walker speaks to media at a campaign event. | Megan Varner/Getty Images ELECTION BOMBSHELL — Stunning reports came to light in the Georgia and Pennsylvania Senate races this week — “October surprise” stories that could affect the outcome in two of the most important contests in the battle for control of the Senate. In Georgia, GOP abortion rights opponent Herschel Walker reportedly paid for a girlfriend’s abortion — a damaging revelation exacerbated by his son’s subsequent social media posts denouncing his father as a liar. (POLITICO has not independently confirmed this reporting from The Daily Beast and Walker has denied the allegation.) In Pennsylvania, Jezebel reported that Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz led a research team that conducted science experiments which resulted in the death of over 300 dogs . When asked for a response to the reporting by Newsweek, an Oz campaign spokesperso...