GA-Sen: Runoff Results Thread

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.

45 thoughts on “GA-Sen: Runoff Results Thread”

  1. 2303-1473 with 25 precincts left and has an early lead in Richmond County 91-59 (Augusta) with 72 precincts left.

  2. 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?  

  3. 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.  

  4. Martin now crushing Jones in Fulton County?! What’s going on?  Martin wins Dawson County (small, rural, to the north of Atlanta) 148-2!!

  5. 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…

  6. 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!

  7. 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.

    🙂

  8. 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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  9. Check out what Jones used to attack Martin.

    Jones has accused Martin of going out of his way to avoid voting for Barack Obama during the February presidential primary. Martin voted for John Edwards, who had withdrawn from the race by that time, but whose name still appeared on the ballot.

    “You say you support Barack Obama, but you voted against him,” Jones said in a recent debate.

    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.

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