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But other candidates in difficult races did not feel compelled to issue such criticism. Mr. Warnock claimed credit for “pushing the Biden administration since my swearing in” to make the move, which he said was only a “first step.”

“This announcement will help many Georgians, some of whom have been struggling with debt for decades, get their financial footing, and it will help keep our economy strong and growing,” he said in a statement.

Mr. Kelly in Arizona saw the president’s order not Mr. Warnock’s “first step” but as a sign of moderation. And he came to the opposite conclusion of Mr. Ryan, saying the Biden order was “more targeted than past proposals to cancel all student debt” and was “directed at those who need it most, including relief for those who attended a community college.”

Republicans saw no such divisions. They all castigated the president’s announcement. Senator Marco Rubio, a Republican running for re-election in Florida against Representative Val B. Demings, promoted, as an alternative, legislation he has introduced to eliminate interest on federal student loans.

“Forgiving student loan debt isn’t free,” he said in a statement. “It means the 85 percent of Americans with no undergraduate debt from college will be carrying the burden for those that do. That is not a relief, it is an unfair burden to place on working families.”