Down the ballot: Chambliss wins

GEORGIA: Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R) won reelection after defeating Jim Martin (D) in a run-off last night, 57%-43% (with 97% of precincts reporting). Turnout was just slightly more than half of what it was during the general election a month ago. “Chambliss’s double-digit victory dashed Democrats’ dreams of securing a filibuster-proof, 60-vote ‘super majority’ in the Senate and buoyed a Republican Party battered by staggering losses in the Nov. 4 general election,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes. “… Republicans now will have at least 41 votes in the upper chamber, enough to stop major legislative initiatives by the Democratic majority in the U.S. Congress. Only the senate race in Minnesota, where a recount is ongoing, still must be decided.” Video: MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow reports that Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., has won the Senate runoff race defeating Democrat Jim Martin. The Washington Post says that “Martin appeared to suffer from a lower turnout among ... (link)