Still way too early, but these figures point to the challenge of avoiding a runoff with so many candidates on the ballot each pulling a few percentage points. #gasen
(Very) early results for Gwinnett and Cobb have @ossoff over the 50% mark in those key counties. #gasen#gapol
@ossoff We're still in a holding pattern in the #gasen race, with @ossoff near the 50-mark and most of metro ATL -- his base -- still outstanding. As expected, Gurtler and Greene jump to early leads in 9th and 14th Districtd races. #gapol
@ossoff Most operatives/analysts I'm hearing from think Ossoff will get a majority of the vote and avoid a runoff as metro Atlanta precincts begin reporting, but it's early & this larger electorate is still hard to predict. #gasen
Story idea: Trip to Miller County to delve into the #gasen results there.
@ossoff In Georgia's swing 7th District, Republican Rich McCormick and Democrat Carolyn Bourdeaux are hovering around the 50-mark. Most precincts still outstanding. Both were expected to land in runoffs, but ... who knows. #gapol#ga07
@ossoff Jon @ossoff has now hit 48% of the vote, with most of Fulton and no DeKalb results in. He's increasingly looking likely to avoid a runoff. #gasen
House Minority Leader Bob Trammell is facing an unexpectedly tough primary challenge in his rural district, one of the few held by a Democrat that Trump carried in 2016. #gapol
The race for Georgia Supreme Court Justice Charlie Bethel’s seat is unexpectedly close. He leads Beth Beskin, a former Atlanta legislator, but the margin could tighten w/ more ATL results. No sitting justice in the history of the 175-year court has ever lost an election. #gapol
@ossoff The #ga07 race is still tight, with Republican Rich McCormick and Democrat Carolyn Bourdeaux both around 50% mark. Neither have declared victory with the precincts still outstanding. #gapol
@ossoff This is one of the surprises of the night, as @RichforGA was expected to land in a runoff against state Sen. Renee Unterman, a veteran lawmaker who sponsored Georgia's anti-abortion law. Instead, he won the GOP nod for the swing district outright. #gapol
Says McCormick: “Tonight’s election results prove that our community wants new, conservative leadership. With faith, hard work and trust in the electorate, our campaign exceeded all expectations.” #gapol#ga07
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Georgia House Democrats walk out of the chamber en masse in protest of a Republican-backed bill to block taxpayer funds from being used to pay for gender-affirming care for state prison inmates. #gapol
“Take a walk!” House Democrats chant after bolting from the chamber in defiance of the GOP bill. When I asked House Minority Leader Carolyn Hugley whether she worried this could push Republicans further to the right, she said: “There’s not much left” to go. #gapol
Plays into this: Georgia Democrats are channeling their fury and frustration inward as liberal voters and grassroots organizers demand a more aggressive, confrontational response to President Donald Trump’s return to power. #gapol
The town hall crowd peppers Rep. Rich McCormick with boos and catcalls as he struggles to answer a pointed question from a resident who says she’s a descendant of Patrick Henry who pressed him on whether Trump was moving toward “tyranny.” #gapol
Republican state Sen. Colton Moore was just arrested by state Troopers after he tried to defy a House order that banned him from the chambers. He was knocked to the floor after a scuffle, and was led away after telling authorities they were denying his rights. #gapol
Backstory from yesterday here: A far-right Republican state senator said he plans to ignore his banishment from the state House and attend Thursday’s State of the State address by Gov. Brian Kemp. #gapol
Fulton County is now starting to report its totals. Georgia’s most populous county, Biden won 73% of Fulton’s vote in 2020. Harris is on a similar track with half the county’s precincts reporting. #gapol
Keep an eye on Forsyth County, an exurban GOP stronghold. In 2020, Trump captured Forsyth with nearly two-thirds of the vote. Democrats are working to shave his margins there - winning by losing less - particularly targeting independent women there. #gapol
Clayton County might be the spot that has most spooked Democrats, because of lagging early voting turnout. So far, Clayton is about on pace where it was in 2020. #gapol
I’m here at the Kamala Harris rally in DeKalb County. I wandered the crowd of thousands asked voters the same question: What’s going to decide this election in Georgia? I got some intriguing answers. Here’s a thread. #gapol
Ashleigh Ewald is an activist working to drive up young voter turnout. “Republicans are underestimating the power of Gen Z voters. We couldn’t vote in 2016. Now we can – and we are energized.”
Jourdan Russell is an Oglethorpe University student who has been urging her friends, neighbors and classmates to vote – not just for president but for down-ticket races.
“Government is local on its most basic level, and these races matter.” #gapol