In the other #gasen race, @sendavidperdue still has a commanding edge over Jon @ossoff. But most of metro Atlanta - including nearly all of DeKalb - have still not been reported. #gapol
We’re just starting to get DeKalb results in, giving Democrats a roughly 60k vote edge. Perdue is also now running roughly even with Trump — he’s no longer outperforming him by a wide margin. #gapol#gasen
Yet another reminder that many of the large counties that have yet to fully report are Democratic strongholds (and Bibb won’t end up red), though Forsyth, Floyd and Bartow will give the GOP a boost. #gapol#gasen
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The latest in Georgia: Trump and Biden are separated by only 18,500 votes, and more than 50,000 absentee ballots from mainly Democratic-leaning counties remain to be counted. That doesn't include provisionals, military and overseas ballots & ballots that are cured. #gapol
The ballots are mostly coming from densely-populated areas, led by Fulton County and Chatham County (Atlanta and Savannah). Take a look at the breakdowns below - our @ajc team is keeping this updated throughout the day: #gapolajc.com/politics/about…
If Biden flips Georgia, this will be why: Solid performance in core Atlanta counties, big gains in the inner suburbs, and undercutting GOP margins in the conservative exurbs and outer burbs. #gapol
Georgia @sendavidperdue is veering ever closer to runoff territory, as Jon @ossoff’s vote tally creeps up with every new trove of absentee returns from Democratic-leaning territory. #gapol#gasen
State elections officials just received more votes from DeKalb County, the most important Democratic stronghold in Georgia, cutting Trump’s lead over Biden to about 87k. #gapol
If Biden manages to flip Georgia, this @nytimes map shows how Democrats pulled it off: They held court in urban counties and turned suburban and exurban counties a deeper shade of blue compared with four years ago. #gapol
The latest: Democrats have cut Trump’s edge within 80k votes. Expect that margin to continue to tighten as metro Atlanta returns trickle in. #gapol
Here’s why some pundits are predicting Georgia to tilt blue later today: Trump has a roughly 104k lead over Biden but the counties with ballots remaining to be tallied include some of biggest - & most populous - D strongholds: Dougherty, DeKalb, Chatham, Bibb, Richmond. #gapol
There are plenty of votes outstanding in R counties too — I’m looking at you, Jeff Davis County - but aside from Houston County they are smaller, rural places without a lot of votes to give. I asked a top Georgia Dem an estimate of how many Dem votes were left. A: Enough. #gapol
The @nytimes needle has moved and some at the Georgia GOP party are quietly taking note. The reason why? DeKalb is starting to come in, giving Democrats a net 100k gain. #gapol
As of 1:20A, Trump has a 240k vote lead over Biden in Georgia — and much of DeKalb, as well as portions of Gwinnett, Cobb and Fulton — remain outstanding. #gapol
Most of DeKalb is now in - and it helped Biden considerably narrow the gap. He now trails Trump by about 120k votes in Georgia, with still more to be counted in left-leaning metro Atlanta counties. #gapol
A little more on the one-sided results so far: Fulton and Cobb mail-in votes have been tallied, but nothing substantial yet from other Democratic bastions of Gwinnett, DeKalb, Augusta, Athens, Columbus or Macon. #gapol
Most of deeply-Republican Hall County has now reported, expanding Trump’s margins. In #gasen special election, @SenatorLoeffler maintains her lead over Collins despite his home county’s vote totals. #gapol
Republican @sendavidperdue is outperforming Trump by about 300k votes, building himself a big cushion for when metro Atlanta votes start coming in. Virtually nothing in yet from the Democratic stronghold of DeKalb, lots of votes left in Cobb, Gwinnett and Fulton. #gapol#gasen