This US Senate runoff campaign in Georgia sure is exciting!
Incumbent Republican Saxby Chambliss leads his Democratic challenger, Jim Martin, 50% to 47%, according to a Politico/InsiderAdvantage poll.
In the first round, held concurrent with the presidential election on 4 November, Chambliss won 49.8% to Martin’s 46.8%. (Libertarian Buckley won 3.4% and two other candidates combined for 65 votes.)
The runoff is on 2 December. I am so excited that I am not sure I can stand this suspense for another week!
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I think I speak for the whole country when I say that we are on pins and needles!
Seed planted by Steven Taylor — 25 November 2008 @ 21:15
Senator Saxby is in the news today. Not to be confused with Senator Saxbe, who is also (posthumously) in the news.
Seed planted by Tom Round — 03 December 2008 @ 05:16
57.4 – 42.6?
I never thought Martin had a chance, but I also never imagined he would lose more than four percentage points between rounds.
Seed planted by MSS — 04 December 2008 @ 14:02
Looking at the data more closely…
Even in the general election, Martin ran more than 85,000 votes behind Obama, whose own performance was quite an achievement resulting from high Democratic turnout.
Despite the 85,000 vote gap between Obama and Martin, their percentages were about the same in Nov. 4. In other words, there was less interest in the Senate race, even a month ago. No surprise there. There was even less interest in the runoff. Even less surprise there.
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Presidency
McCain (R)
2,048,744
Obama (D)
1,844,137
Barr (Lib)
28,812
Total
3,924,432
Percentages
52.2%, 47.0% , 0.7%
Senate (first round)
Chambliss (R)
1,867,090
Martin (D)
1,757,419
Buckley (Lib)
128,002
Totals
3,752,576
Percentages
49.8%, 46.8%, 3.4%
Senate (runoff)
Chambliss (R)
1,220,876
Martin(D)
905,650
Totals
2,126,526
Percentages
57.4%, 42.6%
Seed planted by MSS — 04 December 2008 @ 15:51