(Bumped. – promoted by James L.)
Check out the results from the Georgia SoS, or tune in to the gripping liveblog delivered by Tondee’s Tavern. Right now, Marlow is four points down from Whitehead (R), the Republican frontrunner, and three points ahead of Republican Paul Broun. Marlow will need to hold this position in order to advance to the run-off. Fingers crossed!
8:15PM: Marlowe’s slipped to 3rd place with 27% of precincts reporting:
Whitehead (R): 31.7%
Broun (R): 25.2%
Marlow (D): 23.2%
Freeman (D): 7.2%
8:18PM: Neck and neck with 31% in.
Whitehead (R): 28.5%
Marlow (D): 28.4%
Broun (R): 24.5%
Freeman (D): 6.7%
8:34PM: Whoops. Here’s the real SoS link. Don’t drink and blog, folks.
Anyway, Columbia, Whitehead’s home county, has yet to report–and it’s gonna be a bloodbath there.
8:42PM: For a taste of the carnage to come from Columbia county, check this out. Whitehead is beating Marlow by an 9-to-1 8-to-1 margin here, and Broun is limping ahead of him.
8:50PM: The SoS is starting to report returns from Columbia. 67% in.
Whitehead (R): 39.2%
Marlow (D): 23.3%
Broun (R): 20.8%
Freeman (D): 5.6%
Marlow is lagging behind Broun and Freeman in Columbia–but let’s hope it won’t be enough to put Broun over the edge.
9:12PM: 79% in. With lots more red turf left to report in Columbia and Habersham, Marlow will need to perform exceptionally in the remaining Athens precinct and hope that Broun performs poorly in Wilkes. This one is looking ugly.
Whitehead (R): 40.7%
Marlow (D): 22.3%
Broun (R): 21.4%
Freeman (D): 4.9%
10:19PM: 94% in.
Whitehead (R): 43.7%
Marlow (D): 20.5%
Broun (R): 20.4%
Freeman (D): 4.8%
32 votes difference between second and third. With precincts left in Banks, Columbia, Greene, Habersham, Madison, Morgan, and Putnam (all counties that favored Broun over Marlow), I don’t see how Marlow advances to the run-off.
11:29PM: With 96% in, Marlow is down by nearly 200 votes.
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But Marlow needs to carry these last 10 precincts from Clarke very handily if he has any chance of making the runoff. Columbia County, the largest percentage of the vote in the district is heavily Republican and we need to hope that the division in the Republican vote continues.
is that D or R?
But is now being offset by Richmond County. If he can hold his own until Columbia County, that’s Whitehead’s territory if I’m correct so Whitehead’s percentage may go up but Marlow may stay stagnant and still make the runoff.
It’s moderate for the district
63-37 for Norwood in 2006
Whitehead absolutely crushed everyone in Wilkes. And someone said that Kerry nearly won this county? Jay-sus.
I don’t want to change the subject or anything but I just found out that Mayor Mike Bloomberg has officialy left the GOP to become a Indy.
marlow has a good lead over broun, and it doesn’t look like whitehead can jump over the 50%+1 barrier. either way though in a runoff this is starting to look bad.
It appears that Greene has some support there and his number may rise when those numbers come in. It might throw Broun off. If not, Broun might pull past Marlow for the run-off. Broun vs. Whitehead…shoot me.
Looks like we just officaly lost the State senate Race with half of Columbia Reporting.
Habersham will put Broun over the edge.
now he leads by 29. it still appears worthy of some attention.
He retired and there was also a special election for that today
looks like Broun is starting to catch up with Marlow. If he does then we’re in big trouble.
We need Broun to flop in Wilkes and Habersham County. Marlow will probably do well in Wilkes, maybe even carry it and I think Bill Greene will get some votes in Habersham as opposed to Broun. It’s a longshot but it’s not completely hopeless.
Freeman almost tied with Marlow in Wilkes. He’s still in second though. (crosses fingers)
Broun is just .4 of catching up with Marlow everyone keep your fingers crossed and start praying.
Elbert County-
Dem Performance in 06- 35%
Tonight- 33%
Jackson County-
06- 21%
Tonight- 16%
McDuffie County-
06- 32%
Tonight- 38%
Oconee County-
06- 27%
Tonight- 24%
Wilkes-
06- 37%
Tonight- 30%
Not Good at All
Oglethorpe County
06- 33%
Tonight- 28%
Towns County
06- 30%
Tonight- 30%
Marlow edging Braun by 3 votes. This is a cliffhanger.
Rabun County
06- 31%
Tonight- 32%
At this point I’m alarmed by the theoretical possibility that a Republican runner-up, if that’s the upshot, could withdraw from the race, eliminating a run-off. Would Georgia law allow that?
I’d rather see two Republicans beggar one another in another round, spending off money that would be saved for more dangerous uses, if they cancel the run-off.
Anyone know what the options are?