Polls have closed in Georgia as of about 20 minutes ago. We’ll be using this thread to follow the results as they come in.
RESULTS: Associated Press (7/15 county baselines) | GA SoS
10:03PM: Here’s DSCC Chair Chuck Schumer’s statement on Jim Martin’s victory:
“Georgians chose an impressive candidate today who has the experience and vision to change the direction of our nation. As a public servant under both a Democratic and a Republican Governor, Jim has a proven record of working across party lines, and he will be an effective and independent voice for Georgia families. This is a winnable race.”
9:10PM: With 78% of precincts reporting, Martin leads by 59-41. Like many of you in the comments section, the Swing State Project is calling this race for Jim Martin! Hooray!
8:54PM: With 66% of precincts in (according to the SoS), Martin is leading by 61-39. Looks like he’s on pace to deliver a major league spanking to the Bush-voting train wreck that is Vernon Jones.
8:45PM (David): According to the SoS, Jones is getting crushed in his home county, DeKalb, by better than a 2-to-1 margin.
8:34PM: Martin is also crushing in Fulton County (Atlanta proper), by roughly 5200 to 1600 votes with under 27% of the county’s precincts reporting. Jones won the county by 38-37 in July.
8:21PM: Martin crushes Jones by almost 70-30 in Gwinnett, a big improvement for Martin, who lost the county by 36-30 to Jones in July. (H/T: TheUnknown285)
8:09PM: Reading from the AP’s tally, Martin is up by 62-38 with 663 of 3148 precincts reporting.
8:02PM: As you may have noticed, there’s some disparity between the SoS’ numbers and the AP’s, with the AP consistently showing Jones missing around 2000 votes compared to the SoS’ tally. I’m not sure what the issue is, but in this topsy-turvy world, I just don’t know who to trust.
7:59PM: 337 precincts in, and Martin is up by 56-44. He’ll need to bank as many votes as possible before the metro Atlanta area reports in full.
7:45PM: With 76 precincts counted (of 3148, mind you), Martin is up by 59-41, including a very early lead in Gwinnett County, a populous area that went to Jones by a 36-30 plurality in July.
7:31PM ET: Martin has the early 54-46 lead so far, but with only a scant 18 precincts reporting, we aren’t seeing any numbers from the state’s major population centers (DeKalb, Fulton, Cobb, and Gwinnett counties) yet.
Jones got slaughtered in that Towns County precinct. One vote out of 57!
Good sign, Jones won there in July and it’s a big county.
2303-1473 with 25 precincts left and has an early lead in Richmond County 91-59 (Augusta) with 72 precincts left.
That’s where Jones won biggest last time…
Anyone know where Martin’s base of support is? I know Jones’s is in DeKalb, but no idea on Martin.
772-262.
Jones has taken the lead in Richmond and is leading in Bibb County (Macon)
Comparing the two sites is amazing. They are very different. At this moment, each shows just over 20% counted. BUT
SOS site shows
Martin 24,876
Jones 19,802
AP site shows
Martin 28,253
Jones 17,104
So Martin has far more votes on the SOS site and Jones has far more on the AP site. Is there a mistake, or are they from different places?
http://www.gwinnettcounty.com/…
Almost a forty point victory.
Martin also leading in Fulton (http://www.fultoncountyga.gov/county/elections/results/).
I’ve been waiting for one of the big three counties to report something and Cobb just did.
In July, it went for Martin 35% to 32%. It just reported
Martin 6,887 to Jones 2,155. This is a massive change for Martin. With 40% of the vote in, he seems to be pulling away.
He is even blowing him out in DeKalb!
Martin continues to win big in DeKalb. But so far nothing from Fulton. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Martin now crushing Jones in Fulton County?! What’s going on? Martin wins Dawson County (small, rural, to the north of Atlanta) 148-2!!
If Jones were to spontaneously improve 27% in the remaining results, he’d still lose to Jim Martin by 9 votes, based on a linear projection of each county.
Plus, with all the improvement we’ve had in individual counties over 7/15, Martin should have this thing in the bag.
Our challenge to Saxby lives another day…
Unless something drastic happens, this one is over.
I’ve been on the verge for a while, but considering Martin’s 13,500 vote lead in DEKALB, I think it’s safe to call it. Martin wins. Obama’s chances in Georgia and our chances are taking on Shameless live on!
That county is about 55% black. Guess even the black voters have realized what a tool Jones is.
With 5 of 6 precints in, the tally is:
Martin 219
Jones 9 (NINE)
5 precints, 228 votes counted, single digits. That’s just sad.
🙂
Jones loses Union County (Tenn. border)827-37! Flip him over, he’s done.
Martin was down 10 points in the last Rasmussen poll to Chambliss. You may want to take a long hard look at Georgia.
…like him least!
http://www.ajc.com/
I would put this race right after NC and Kentucky for pickup opportunities.
Go Jim Martin. Time to take down Shameless Saxy!
with my july 9th prediction:
bold prediction based only on patterns
Jones wins plurality of primary with 38% then loses runoff with about 38% of the vote. Jim Martin looks like the best candidate by a fair margin.
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by: st paul sage @ Wed Jul 09, 2008 at 2:23 PM EDT
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Check out what Jones used to attack Martin.
Seriously??? A LOT of Edwards supporters still voted for him after he dropped out on February 5th. We hadn’t been sold yet on either Hillary or Obama. To attack him for not immediately going for Obama just DAYS after his preferred candidate dropped out of the race is a pretty douchy thing to do. Just another reason to be glad Jones lost bigtime tonight.