Georgia Primary Results Thread

11:30pm: The AP has called the last race we were watching, in GA-07. The race to succeed John Linder will be heading to a runoff between Rob Woodall (37) and Jody Hice (26). Clay Cox (20) didn’t make it. And with that, we seem to be through for the night.

11:11pm: A few more calls on the GOP sides in the House races. GA-08 has been called for Austin Scott, who clears the bar at 53%. In GA-09, Tom Graves (at 49%) and Lee Hawkins (27) got called for a runoff. And in GA-12, Ray McKinney (43) and Carl Smith (27) are officially runoff-bound.

11:04pm: The AP has called the Dem primary in GA-04 for Hank Johnson, without a runoff. He’s at 55, with 27 for Vernon Jones and 18 for Connie Stokes.

10:43pm: Well, that’s it for the Ox. The AP just called Nathan Deal as the other participant in the GOP gubernatorial runoff. With 80% reporting it’s Handel 33, Deal 24, Johnson 20, and Oxendine 17.

10:25pm: Bad news… with 82% reporting, Austin Scott’s up to 53% in the GOP primary in the 8th. I’d rather have Jim Marshall face him after having gotten beaten up in a runoff. On the other hand, in the super-red 9th, Tom Graves is sinking, down to 49%, with 86% reporting. Looks like he’s likely to face Screamin’ Lee Hawkins for a fourth time this year, in another runoff.

10:23pm: At least one member of the Porter household is going home happy tonight; Carol Porter has been called the winner of the Democratic Lt. Governor primary.

10:10pm: The AP has put a big “R” next to Karen Handel’s name (for runoff, presumably), but no call yet for Nathan Deal on joining her.

10:06pm: John Barrow is leading Regina Thomas 68-32 in GA-12 on the D side, with half reporting, but still no AP call.

10:04pm: And I think the candidate for the biggest upset of the night is GA-07 on the GOP side, where the highly-touted state Rep. Clay Cox isn’t even making the runoff. Linder CoS Rob Woodall is at 38 and talk radio host Jody Hice is at 26, with Cox at 19. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer teabagger.

10:02pm: With more than half reporting, Hank Johnson’s still in the safety zone in the D primary for GA-04. He’s at 55, with 27 for Vernon Jones and 18 for Connie Stokes.

10:00pm: In case you were wondering about GA-02, the AP has called the GOP primary for state Rep. Mike Keown, with 80% against scattered opposition. He’s fundraised fairly well, so Sanford Bishop will have to take this one seriously in November.

9:57pm: With 56% reporting, we’re seeing John Oxendine slipping into 4th place, not that that matters other than for reverse-bragging rights. It’s Handel 32, Deal 25, Johnson 19, Oxendine 18.

9:33pm: Major excitement in both GA-08 and GA-09. (By SSP standards, which, admittedly, are pretty low.) Austin Scott has noodged just ahead of 50% in the 8th, up to 51%, with about half reporting. And in the 9th Graves is right about 50%.

9:26pm: The AP has now leapfrogged the GA SoS as being the fastest results outlet, so retrain your sites on either the AP or Politico links below. And guess what? They just called the Democratic gubernatorial nomination for Roy Barnes, who has 63% of the vote with 45.5% reporting. On the GOP side, Handel leads Deal by 33-25.

9:05pm: With 21% in, the GOP side of the governor’s race is further solidifying. It’s Handel 33, Deal 25, Oxendine 18, and Johnson 18. Oxendine might be lucky to make 3rd place.

9:00pm: I think this is going to be the night’s most exciting race: Austin Scott vs. the runoff line, in GA-08 on the GOP side. He’s currenly at precisely 50.0%, with 36% reporting. Ken DeLoach is 2nd, at 33.

8:57pm: The runoff is in three weeks, on 8/10. I can only imagine how Georgians are going to spend the next three weeks getting intimately acquainted with all the details about Nathan Deal’s family’s auto salvage business.

8:52pm: Another gubernatorial update. Barnes is at 58%, looks like he can go on vacation salt away money while Handel and Deal fight the runoff. I say Handel and Deal because Oxendine keeps dwindling: it’s currently Handel 30, Deal 27, Oxendine 19, Johnson 17.

8:38pm: Fail of the day: Oxendine is in 4th place in his home county, Gwinnett.

8:36pm: In the gube race, Roy Barnes is pulling further ahead, beating Baker 57-21 with 13% in. On the GOP side, it’s Handel 31, Deal 25, Oxendine 19, Johnson 17.

8:34pm: Ah, that’s better. Hank Johnson has righted his capsizing island, with 7% in in the 4th. He’s up to 56% now, with 24 for Jones and 20 for Stokes.

8:32pm: Maybe Clay Cox wasn’t in the driver’s seat as much as I’d thought, in GA-07. With 8% in, he’s trailing former John Linder CoS Rob Woodall, 38-23. Radio talk show host Jody Hice is nipping at his heels, too, at 20.

8:30pm: We’ve finally got some action in GA-04. With only 1% reporting, things haven’t really solidified yet, but the numbers show Hank Johnson in the lead but below the runoff line. He’s at 47, with Vernon Jones at 30 and Connie Stokes at 23.

8:20pm: Mildly amusing: In GA-13, BaseConnect client Deborah Honeycutt is losing to businessman Mike Crane by 34-28 according to the GA SoS. Honeycutt earned headlines last cycle for raising and spending an absurd $5 million in her unsuccessful campaign against Democrat David Scott. (Most of that money, as you may recall went straight back to BaseConnect, which at that time was still called BMW Direct.) Honeycutt’s fundraising hasn’t been the same this cycle, though.

8:16pm: In GA-09, Rep. Tom Graves might get forced into yet another runoff. He’s hovering at 48.5% right now, with Steve Tarvin and Lee Hawkins splitting the anti-Graves vote.

8:14pm: I know the Dem AG primary was grabbing a lot of attention. It didn’t turn out to be very competitive, either: it’s Hodges 72, Teilhet 28.

8:11pm: On the Dem side in the governor’s race, Barnes is still holding at 54. Baker is at 20, Poythress is overperforming (relatively speaking) at 10, and Porter is at 8. And in the Dem Senate primary, not much to see, with Michael Thurmond at 82, R.J. Hadley at 18.

8:09pm: And with that, Deal’s in 2nd. With 7% reporting statewide, it’s now Handel 31, Deal 24, Oxendine 20, Johnson 15. Has the Ox been gored?

8:07pm: We’re up to 5% reporting statewide, and Nathan Deal’s starting to creep back up. Now it’s Handel 32, Oxendine 22, Deal 21, Johnson 15.

8:05pm: Here’s a small surprise: it looks like NRCC prize pick Austin Scott may need to go to a runoff in the GOP primary in GA-08. Even though most of his competition dropped out, pastor Ken DeLoach is still faring pretty well. Scott leads DeLoach 46-34, with someone named Diane Vann at 19.

8:02pm: In the House races, we’re getting a clearer picture in the 12th: Regina Thomas is definitely performing better this year, but still not enough. With 7%, Barrow leads Thomas 64-36, about where a lot of those other HCR-related primary challenges to Blue Dogs wound up. It looks like we’ll have to go to a runoff to find who Barrow’s opponent will be (probably between Ray McKinney (40) and Carl Smith (26)).

8:00pm: Things are smoothing out a little now that we’re up to 2% reporting. (Those first counties, esp. Fannin, appear to be in Deal’s GA-09.) Handel’s at 28, Oxendine at 24, Deal at 19, and Johnson at 18. On the Dem side, Barnes is still above the runoff line at 54 with Baker at 22.

7:45pm: Some very early votes are in, and so far, Barnes leads Baker by 55-18. Nathan Deal (!) leads Oxendine by 34-24, but this is still way early.

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RESULTS: Associated Press | GA SoS | Politico