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politico.com - 12/3/2008
Saxby Chambliss wins Georgia runoff
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Chambliss won a resounding victory over Martin, capturing a second term and ending Dem hopes of a 60-seat majority. See also: Franken's claim

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Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog:  Hugh Hewitt: Chambliss Rolls In Georgia

Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:  Hugh Hewitt: Chambliss Rolls In Georgia

Political Animal:  Feel the 'momentum'

FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right:  Senate Rankings, May 2009 Edition

sos.georgia.gov - 12/2/2008
12/2/2008 - United States Senator, Chambliss
— sos.georgia.gov — The results displayed are UNOFFICIAL AND INCOMPLETE until certified by both county election superintendents and the Secretary of State, a process that will not be completed until the week of December 8. These unofficial returns, transmitted by ... (more) 12/2/2008 - United States Senator, Chambliss

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My Way News - Georgia Sen. Chambliss wins re-election in runoff
— apnews.myway.com — My Way News - Georgia Sen. Chambliss wins re-election in runoff (more) My Way News - Georgia Sen. Chambliss wins re-election in ...

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Short Lines at Polls in Georgia Senate Runoff
nytimes.com - 12/3/2008
Short Lines at Polls in Georgia Senate Runoff
— nytimes.com — Polling stations across Georgia reported low to moderate voter turnout in the state’s runoff election for the Senate. > (more) Short Lines at Polls in Georgia Senate Runoff

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Hugh Hewitt: Chambliss Rolls In Georgia
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — Senator Saxby Chambliss cruised to a decisive win in the Georgia run-off , and GOP activists are smiling across the country. Not only is a theoretical filibuster safe, but this is evidence that the Obama coattails are short indeed. If the GOP gets its house in order, there's every reason to expect 2010 and 2012 to be very good years for the Republicans as the "change" mantra runs its course and voters begin to recollect that the Democrats took over the Congress in January of 2007 --before the economy cratered.

Hugh Hewitt: Chambliss Rolls In Georgia
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog — Senator Saxby Chambliss cruised to a decisive win in the Georgia run-off , and GOP activists are smiling across the country. Not only is a theoretical filibuster safe, but this is evidence that the Obama coattails are short indeed. If the GOP gets its house in order, there's every reason to expect 2010 and 2012 to be very good years for the Republicans as the "change" mantra runs its course and voters begin to recollect that the Democrats took over the Congress in January of 2007 --before the economy cratered.

Feel the 'momentum'
Political Animal — ... any reasonable observer had to agree that Martin had a tough road to victory. Barack Obama did awfully well on Election Day, and he came up well short in Georgia, and that's with a massive turnout operation. Chambliss came just shy of wrapping this up in November, and was clearly the favorite going into the runoff. Republicans were worried enough about the race to send the entire party apparatus to Georgia to ensure victory, but that's largely because this race was considered a " firewall " contest for the GOP. As for the other key angle here, Chambliss' win will necessarily ...

Senate Rankings, May 2009 Edition
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — ... to suggest that Isakson could be vulnerable, but we remain a little skeptical after seeing what happened to Jim Martin once Barack Obama's name was off the ballot. ...

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“When she walks in a room, folks just explode”
qando.net 12/3/2008 — S en. Saxby Chambliss won re-election in Georgia last night by a huge 16 point margin (at the time of this post), and heaped a great deal of credit on Sarah Palin : “I can’t overstate the impact she had down here,” Chambliss said during an ...
Bob Fertik: Will Jeb Bush Lead a Southern Republican Rebellion Against Obama? — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
While most coverage of the Chambliss-Martin runoff has focused on the fact that Democrats will not get a filibuster-proof majority, there's a deeper story here. On Election Day, Saxby Chambliss beat Jim Martin by only 3%. Just four weeks later, Chambliss won the runoff by over 15%. What the ...
The Almost Final GA Count — Hotline On Call Part Deux
For those keeping score: With 97% of precincts reporting ... Sen. Saxby Chambliss won 1,220,856 votes or 57.4% Democrat Jim Martin won 905,637 votes or 42.6% For anyone wondering about the extent of Barack Obama 's influence on turnout in congressional contests, note that 2.12M ...
Spinning Chambliss — The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Chambliss wins , and the Republican side of the blogosphere breathes a sigh of relief . Scott Johnson : The decisive victory won by Saxby Chambliss over Jim Martin yesterday in the Georgia Senate runoff is reassuring in several respects. A contrary result would have carried a ...
Chambliss Wins by 15 Points — Weekly Standard Blog
With 97 percent of Georgia precincts reporting Senator Saxby Chambliss has won reelection, taking 57.4 percent of the vote; Democrat Jim Martin has garnered 42.6 percent. On November 4, Chambliss edged out Martin by a mere 3 points, so it's clear that Obama's coattails significantly helped ...
Time Mag's Grunwald Frets Chambliss Will Cause GOP to Shift Right — MRC Latest Headlines
In a Tuesday posting before the results were in from Georgia's run-off Senate election between incumbent Republican Saxby Chambliss, who won, and Democrat Jim Martin, Time magazine's Michael Grunwald fretted a Chambliss victory "could reinforce the dangerous message that recent electoral results ...
— No More Mister Nice Blog
CHAMBLISS WINS I'd react, but I reacted a month before it happened, when the outcome was already obvious. And please, fanboys, spare me the Palin cheerleading -- Chambliss would have won with or without her. (You too, Lucianne. )
How Chambliss Won — Real Clear Politics - TIME.com
The Georgia Senate runoff election was called at about 9:00 p.m. yesterday, with GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss winning a second term in the upper chamber and Democrats' hopes of 60 Senate seats vanished,...
Chambliss Wins Runoff, Denies Democrats 60 Seats — Outside The Beltway | OTB
Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss easily won his runoff against Democrat Jim Martin, 57.4 to 42.6 according to the current uncertified totals. NYT notes, Senator Saxby Chambliss and his wife, Julianne, celebrating his victory on Tuesday in Atlanta. (Erik S. Lesser for The New York Times) The ...
How 4 weeks changed crucial numbers in the Georgia Senate race — Top of the Ticket
A quick postscript to our post earlier this evening on the Saxby Chambliss-Jim Martin U.S. Senate runoff election in Georgia that the Republicans won handily: As calculated by our crack statistician and all-round good guy, Ben Welsh: What a difference four weeks, some cold rain and an absent ...
Saxby Succeeds In Georgia — Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
Saxby “Big Daddy” Chambliss has successfully defended his senate seat against rival and fraternity brother Jim Martin. After a close contest in the general election, the two were forced into a runoff Tuesday which Chambliss won handily . The Democrats now have no avenue to ...
Chambliss Re-Elected in Georgia — Drudge Retort
Republican U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss won a run-off election in Georgia on Tuesday, CNN said, denying Democrats the chance for a 60-seat "super majority" in the Senate that would have enabled them to pass legislation virtually at will.
Republican Saxby Chambliss Elected to Georgia Senate — California Conservative
That’s the headline on FNC’s headline page. I can’t say that I’m surprised Sen. Chambliss won. I’ll just say that I’m surprised at the margin that he’s winning with. The AP is calling the race, too: Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss has won re-election in ...
Blowout For Chambliss? — Blue Crab Boulevard
It looks like Saxby Chambliss has won - handily - in the Georgia runoff election and will retain his seat in the US Senate. This looks like a very strong win, not even close. (At this writing it looks like a 20 point victory, but that will likely change a bit, even though it is [...]
Breaking: AP projects Chambliss to win Georgia runoff — Sister Toldjah
Hot off the presses : ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss won re-election Tuesday in a runoff, dashing Democrats’ hopes of capturing enough seats in the U.S. Senate to thwart Republican filibusters. Chambliss’ win to a second term gives the GOP a firewall against ...
GOP's Chambliss wins Georgia Senate runoff — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]AP[/b] ATLANTA – Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss has won re-election in a runoff, dashing Democratic hopes of capturing enough Senate seats to thwart Republican filibusters. Chambliss, who fell just short of the majority vote needed to win re-election in November, prevailed in a ...
Breaking: Republican Saxby Chambliss Wins Run-Off, Destroying Dems’ Shot At Supermajority — Pat Dollard | Young Americans
ATLANTA - Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss won re-election Tuesday in a runoff, dashing Democrats’ hopes of capturing enough seats in the U.S. Senate to push through any legislation they wanted. Chambliss’ win to a second term gives the GOP a firewall against Democrats eager to ...