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Reflections on the elections
The Reaction — ... In Georgia, incumbent Republican Saxby Chambliss, one of the more reprehensible Republicans on Capitol Hill, is ahead of challenger Jim Martin 50 to 47 (with a Libertarian pulling in 3). Chambliss has clearly won, but, in Georgia, a run-off vote is held if no candidate wins at least 50 percent of the vote. Actually, Chambliss has 49.9 pecent of the vote, and both he and Martin are already ...

Reflections on the Elections
The Moderate Voice — ... In Georgia, incumbent Republican Saxby Chambliss, one of the more reprehensible Republicans on Capitol Hill, is ahead of challenger Jim Martin 50 to 47 (with a Libertarian pulling in 3). Chambliss has clearly won, but, in Georgia, a run-off vote is held if no candidate wins at least 50 percent of the vote. Actually, Chambliss has 49.9 percent of the vote, and both he and Martin are already ...

Senate Campaign Updates: Can Democrats Pick Up Two More Seats?
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... In the presidential race, Georgia went 52%-47% for McCain; in the Senate race, Jim Martin trailed by more than 100,000 out of some 3,752,000 votes cast ; and Saxby Chambliss has the advantage of incumbency. Bottom line: This looks to be the toughest of the Senate seats for Democrats to secure. BE ELECTED [image] Technorati Tags: ...

Georgia Senate Runoff Results - Chambliss vs. Martin
Politics Daily — ... counties of Cobb and Gwinnett have some significant returns yet to come in. If this holds, and again, I think it will, it will underscore that Obama had a very good coattail effect in Georgia, and his absence on the ticket is very much missed on the Democratic side. The silver lining for the Republicans will be that they are up against a one man phenomenon and not a major realignment of the red state/blue state divide. ---- stay tuned for updates. 9:06 pm - CNN Projects Chambliss is the winner. Still leading by 20 points with 77% of the vote in. 60 ...

The Georgia Senatorial Runoff Results Open Thread
RedState: Conservative News and Community — [image] [image] The Georgia Senatorial Runoff Results Open Thread Polls are closed, so let's have at it. Posted by: Moe Lane Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 08:08PM CST 2 Comments WJBF Results here: With 1% in, it's 70/30 Chambliss . We'll see how it goes. UPDATE, 8:12 PM: And CNN has it at 65/35 Chambliss with 20% of the vote in. Category: Georgia , Saxby Chambliss Sphere: Related Content Click here to visit our sponsor Comments here's hoping to a decisive victory bags64 December 2nd, 2008 at ...

Chambliss wins in Georgia, Coleman maintains lead in Minnesota
The Reaction — ... Democratic challenger Jim Martin. And it wasn't close. With 99 percent reporting, Chambliss is up 57 to 43. (He won the initial vote last month 50 to 47 -- or, rather, just under 50 to 47. Why the expanded win? Republicans came out en masse for Chambliss, with the likes of Sarah Palin stumping for him, and it may be that they just wanted it more than the Democrats did. Of course, it could also be that incumbents tend to do well in run-offs. And, of course, Georgia is still a solidly Republican state.) ...