It’s only been two months since the last election, but those divides may have widened again already. Now Republicans felt good about turnout in Cherokee County, which is in the Atlanta media market and is a big one that Trump won with nearly 70% of the vote in November. Raffensperger talked openly that when Sen. Perdue called for him to resign, that's when the death threats arrived. Social media pressure building to issue a call in the Loeffler-Warnock race. Republicans will hold their majority if they win just one of the two seats. It all adds up to this: Almost all the votes are in. Yup. Yeah. Marc I'm afraid that's going to be a part of our electoral system for the foreseeable future -- unsubstantiated fraud claims, candidates refusing to concede, etc. They've got more Blacks and Latinos moving there. I'm going to pose a two questions a reader on Twitter DM'd me (hi, Ian! If they had that system, it would give faster results and cut down on the bogus conspiracy theories about fraud that inevitably arise when results are too slow to trickle in. If he were a GIF, Sterling would be Burning Elmo, Speaking of Gabriel Sterling, he's been active tonight. So he left that race blank. The Black church and politics are inextricably linked in Atlanta. Tonight I’m looking at the results out of Georgia’s rural counties, places Democrats once all but conceded to Republicans but have poured lots of money and resources into this time around. And there's nothing nefarious about the fact that counties with more voters take longer to count votes. So far, that see-sawing is mostly in Republicans' direction — Perdue and Loeffler currently lead in the vote count now. 19,000 from DeKalb County, and about 7,000 from Coffee County. Hey gang! Groupies, autograph lines, the tortoise shell glasses replaced with aviators, the whole deal. By Allan James Vestal, Andrew Briz, Annette Choi, Beatrice Jin, Andrew McGill and Lily Mihalik. Good point Maya. For starters, he's the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, Martin Luther King Jr.'s church. Great to be back together again. Trust the science, leftists! Hey, Elena, Maya & James: Republicans were saying Ossoff had a black voter problem. David Perdue is still very narrowly ahead of Jon Ossoff in the regular election. POLITICO's coverage of the Senate race between David Perdue and Jon Ossoff. Maya I'm curious to see how cities outside Atlanta do, too. With Ossoff and Raphael Warnock's wins over Georgia… This could be a really big deal, and I'm keeping a close eye on it. Sterling said we are approaching 3 million votes counted in the state -- but he doesn't have an estimate for how many people voted today quite yet. For a while, early voting was keeping pace with the November election, but that dropped off over the holidays. January 19, 2021 1:45 pm Jonathan Shelley Political, Top Stories Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff ATLANTA (WPTA21) - The Secretary of State in Georgia has certified the results of the January runoff election, clearing the way for Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock to be sworn in as U.S. Took you 34 minutes to attack me, Charlie. It also means, as Zach hinted, we have precedent about how the vote counting will go. Georgia election officials rebuke conspiracy claims made by President Trump and detail measures taken to secure the state's November and January elections. Warnock, if he wins, would be the 11th in 232 years. So here we are, knowing that Dems have turned out in force, and wondering whether Republicans have done so today by enough of a margin to eke out wins in what everyone expects to be a photo finish. And 98.11% of precincts have reported. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said to not expect results tonight in an interview earlier today on Fox News: "Depends how close it is, but most likely it will probably be tomorrow morning," he said. Chill out people. But for Democrats to be outperforming Biden in the heart of their territory is a good sign for them. Don't fact check me on that. He never said that. One of the most fascinating storylines coming out of these runoffs has been President Trump’s ability — and, really, desire — to trample all over the GOP’s messaging in order to pressure Republican lawmakers to support his long-shot effort to overturn the results of the November election. But what's the rush? Georgia voters will determine the balance of the U.S. Senate as they elect both Senate seats. ET Raphael Warnock (D) and Jon Ossoff (D) are projected to win Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff elections, giving … “It really depends on how many absentee ballots.". A lot still depends on turnout variations here and there which is tougher to get into, and remember Perdue and Loeffler are overperforming in some places too. And as Maya reported in her excellent story about Georgia and the New South, the immigrant population jumped 84 percent between 2010 and 2018>. There have been 1,991 senators in history according to congressional historians. Biden “won” Georgia by roughly 12,000 votes. You edited the story, Charlie. Agreed Charlie. With 3.4m votes in, it stands to reason that almost 70% of the vote is in. That's why some counties are already entirely reported, and some show "zero precincts reported" despite having results in. (In Webster County, Ossoff ran better than Warnock. He's on the cusp of making history, We're spinning our wheels here for a couple minutes, folks, because Raphael Warnock is set to speak in about 10 minutes. Why are results not posted more quickly? There are two Senate seats on the ballot today and Democrats must win both to gain a Senate majority. What does it all mean? And it's race.”, Republicans going into today were pegging 1 million Election Day turnout as a mark where they would feel pretty solid about their chances of winning, Right. It has stretched a few days into 2021, but the 2020 general election cycle is finally drawing to a close. 2021 Georgia Election Results. Georgia election results: Why two wins are huge for Biden. But a couple of Metro Atlanta counties have said more people showed up to vote today than on Nov. 3 (even as they haven't counted their votes yet). Jumping off that Marc Steven -- I was looking up the numbers earlier today. He just played it out. Lots of folks going there, After years of being passed over by brands and management companies despite driving the internet’s biggest trends, Black influencers in…. Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams aren’t on the ballot on Tuesday. ElenaÂ, I have a feeling these races won't be the blowout that the Heisman was this year. Twenty years later, Biden carried Gwinnett 58-40. Even though Dems ultimately won that, Trump's last-minute rally there, per Republicans at the time, put it closer than it was. Andrew Young, former mayor/Congress member/Ambassador, was a pastor. It’s been fascinating to see how Atlanta, and the rest of the state, has been transformed by massive demographic shifts. We are looking at a lot of early-counted mail right now, which is partially why the Democratic leads are large at the moment -- or at least large compared to the close to 50-50 baseline from November. So it turns out there are voters who went with Perdue and Warnock. I think we're going to keep, endlessly, be asking the question: What does the electorate look like? I know that sounds high, Marc. You are corrected about Columbus being a unified city-county govt Steven. Steven A few of those metro Atlanta counties have over 80% of estimated votes reported (Rockdale/Clayton/Douglas). But in light of that, I'll do Gore losing Gwinnett by 22 percent, my POLITICO softball jersey number, Closest without going over! They do have that system, Marc! Like in November, I think it is entirely possible we don't know the winner of either runoff tonight -- and that's okay! I think it certainly changes how Democrats recruit candidates. By Ella Nilsen Updated Jan 6, 2021, 8:51am EST His campaign knew that too. I miss hearing you hectoring people on the phone, Zach. There's "big tranches of votes" for Democrats still out, and a lot of "little tranches" around the state. 2021 Jan 10 By Keith Zubrow David Perdue (R) 50.02% That was a revealing story -- if these Columbus numbers hold, it suggests all those Dem efforts were successful. Instead of running ye 'ole generic John Edwards-esque white dude in Southern states, So if he wins tonight, Raphael Warnock will be the first Black Democrat elected from the South (Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina was elected in 2014 after his previous appointment). Anyone caught cheating will have their expense accounts scrutinized to the fullest extent. It was one of his loudest applause lines.Â. Did someone write about that recently, James? I will say... confident, Having spent ~35% of the last week in a rental car. That's going to be well over 100,000 votes that'll break decisively for Democrats. From his name to his demeanor, Perdue is very Georgia. Thank you for spending your evening with us. See election results, election maps, county-by-county vote counts and more for races on Jan. 5, 2021. This fixation with making a call is so much a product of 24-hour news and social media. Is there a face-in-hands emoji on here, Zach, Our friend Eric Geller is not with us right now, but he'd tell you all the importance of a paper backup, It asks "is it true that voting machines 'stopped working' earlier in Georgia today?" We should focus on those.Â, Zach I’m sure somewhere on Twitter someone is hyperventilating based on a few percent reporting in Fulton County. -- Plus, do they count the same ways at the same time across the state? They'll be the party in power, and that's not usually a great motivator in a midterm. If there's somehow presidential total turnout, which I doubt, that would mean there's about 1.24m votes left. That's gotta be a tough vote for him. Senators. Chatham County (Savannah) I am really looking forward to some Election Day votes from metro Atlanta to get a full picture. I want to see how fast Charlie can type "Wyche Fowler" or "Paul Coverdell.". But nearby, red-leaning counties that have counted their E-day votes generally show Dems holding their own in SW Georgia (which seems to be the trend so far, though it's early). But if DeKalb comes in at the amount that's left and if the candidates get the same rates of support as they did in November, it would give Ossoff 145k votes. — Patrick Moore (@EcoSenseNow) January 2, 2021. Georgia Senate runoff election results 2021 The dual runoff elections will decide which party controls the Senate. Democrats started at a historical disadvantage, but their voters have shown up in runoffs like never before, while most Republicans kept looking to Election Day. 12:36 PM / January 6, 2021 Georgia's top election official: Ossoff will likely have a victory over 0.5% needed to avoid recount Still want to see more Election Day votes there before we have an idea of these very close races tilting one way or the other. Both parties have aimed to run as a joint ticket, but they're still two different votes. True bookends to elections in the Trump presidency, potentially, Consider: Perdue is up by about 100k votes. Out of roughly 4.3 million votes cast. Looking at some of those smaller, strongly GOP north Georgia counties, there are signs of Perdue/Loeffler overperformance. He can decertify the results or send them back to the states for change and certification. Weary election workers are preparing for the races on strained resources, two months after Joe Biden's narrow Georgia win. What have you heard about that. Ours come from The Associated Press. Ah, yes, THAT is happening tomorrow. Looks like everyone is expecting a tight one tonight. A remarkable split-ticket image that's emerging. I feel like I'm ending in the exact same place where we started the Trump era -- covering Jon Ossoff. That's one reason why the races are so close, as compared to November, when Trump and Perdue had bigger leads at this point than Perdue and Loeffler do now. We're getting a press conference right now from Gabriel Sterling, one of the top election officials in the state. The rapid political transformation of places like Cobb and Gwinnett counties, one-time GOP strongholds, continues to amaze me. (And James Arkin memorably wrote about Ossoff's evolution as a candidate, if you're interested!)Â. "It could be a see-saw for the rest of the evening" as more votes come in, Sterling said. You're off by 10 percentage points. So I’m looking to see if those demographic shifts that flipped the state blue will make a difference in tonight’s runoffs. David Perdue "beat" Jon Ossoff in November, 49.7-47.9%. I spoke with some Republicans Zach Marc who said 900k was a decent position, and the higher it went above 1 million the better they felt, Republicans were pretty sure they would win if total turnout started hitting 900k, but that might not hold true. We're not expecting a call on the races anytime soon, so we're going to call it a night. Yeah. Well, they're simply estimations of how many votes have been cast in the races. Thanks for reading! If early voting is any indication, the state is on pace for 770,000 Election Day voters. As Elena can attest, we saw a lot more Democrats of color run and run well in heavily white districts than before, shattering some preconceptions. Despite what the president believes, there's quite a degree of balkanization on election night there, No, I do not. As the night goes on, there's increasing worry that conservative North Georgia is underperforming. He spent a lot of time in these runoffs outside Atlanta trying to improve his image/perception all around the state, Maya Stylistically, Ossoff seems more suited to metro Atlanta than Valdosta, Over a million votes in and reported, now ... so we're a quarter(ish) of the way there, During the November elections, Perdue escaped being defined. ), if anyone wants to take a crack at it: The story of the Trump era has been big metro areas and smaller exurban and rural communities racing apart from each other with each successive election. For decades, the two suburban giants voted in tandem, almost always delivering solid Republican margins. Loeffler, meanwhile, turned ** much ** harder right in her jungle primary. As a point of reference, Biden crushed Trump there by 18 points in November. Everything Georgia needs to know about the 2020 runoff election results including U.S. Senate race with candidates Loeffler, Warnock, Ossoff and Perdue and PSC race from metro Atlanta counties. James Jon Ossoff's basically been running for office for three years straight in Atlanta. We're all still writing "2020" on our checks and angry press releases. See how the 2020 Senate races played out, leaving the majority up to Georgia. He's also a New Georgia Project alum, which worked tirelessly to turn out hard-to-reach voters. The Georgia's secretary of state office is showing they've reported all their results! Georgia’s two U.S. Senate seats and a public service commission seat were on the ballot. Just about every special election situation in the last four years has been Democrats doing better than ever before in the big suburbs but Republicans doing even better than that in hundreds of smaller communities. What are you watching for tonight? And both of these races — especially the Ossoff/Perdue race — are extremely close. Take that, James! I'll keep y'all posted if he says anything interesting, but he's starting off the conference listing the counties that have totally completed their counts (good job to them! Still, lots of votes and unknowns, Yes, lol Zach, I saw when i did the math, Oh, and an answer for you Marc: Roughly 1.2 million people voted today, Sterling said. Polls have been closed for a little over 2 hours. I think Warnock would be the first popularly elected Black Democratic senator from the South, the second ever from the region. This morning Jon Ossoff leads David Purdue by 17,025 votes in Georgia — a margin even greater than Biden’s win over Trump in the November election. If Perdue hangs on (he's ahead by fewer than 1,900 votes), it's a testament to his refusal to campaign. POLITICO - Live 2021 Georgia election results and maps by county. But on this Election Day, it really does matter. Teresa It took me 5.5 hours to get from Atlanta to Savannah over the weekend. I'm looking at how he performs with Black voters in places like Savannah, Columbus, even Valdosta to prove whether it's really an issue. If you've just tuned in to our live chat, it's looking like we've got two barnburner Senate races tonight. What do we know at this point? That's more than the secretary of state's office was estimating, So with Perdue's lead down to just 384, and with more votes from Democratic counties, Ossoff should pull ahead soon and Warnock's lead will grow. Already, one member of the family (by marriage) is considering running for Senate in your home state! So far, we have essentially none of the Election Day vote counted in Metro Atlanta yet, including the populous suburban counties were Republicans were once dominant but have ceded massive ground over the past decade. But of course, this is all dependent on how tight it is. I wonder if the same happened during the runoff. County officials can begin the pre-proccessing of mail ballots more than two weeks before the election, and can tabulate when polls close. POLITICO's coverage of the Senate race between David Perdue and Jon Ossoff. Just kidding. Maynard Jackson, Jr., the first Black mayor of Atlanta, was the son of a politically active pastor. So Chatham County allegedly releasing votes tonight after it was reported that folks were going home. We might have about half the expected vote in Columbus (the city and county are co-terminus, I believe), but we have zero Election Day precincts. I scooped the details that Facebook was going to fully reinstate it's political ad ban, after making an exemption for the Georgia runoffs. With 73% reporting in Lowndes County, Perdue is up 51-49. The president called for overturning Georgia’s November election results throughout the two-month runoff. I wonder Charlie if it’s a leading indicator of the underlying belief by many conservatives that they’ll lose this election.Â. The presidential race in November had just under 5m votes (the Senate races were a little lower than that). But you can live a lot larger there than in NYC. Still no runoff day votes in in the metro Atlanta area though, right Charlie? Ossoff's near-miss 2017 House run became a national cause. Perdue won the county by 2 points in November. If Democrats manage to pick off both seats, President-elect Joe Biden will be working with a Democratic Senate and Democratic House for the first two years of his term. What I'm watching tonight: The clock! Ok. So I don't think those numbers will hold. Every indication is that the two parties are performing fairly close to what they did in November, which is to be expected. Steven Especially if Democrats manage to (somehow) retake the Senate. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. ABC News. It hasn't been easy for them but I have seen no (legitimate) systemic complaints about the administration of the runoff. To Elena's point, I'm wondering how many Warnock-Perdue or Ossoff-Loeffler voters we'll find. He avoided reporters on the campaign trail. And what does it mean that campaigns won't be able to air digital ads about "ballot curing" (fixing errors in your ballot so they count) or about a potential recount? Charlie, I think Cobb & Gwinett counties are a tale of demographics. OMG. Live election results and coverage of the two Georgia Senate runoffs, and Congress's vote to certify each state’s electoral votes in the 2020 presidential contest. POLITICO's coverage of the Senate race between Kelly Loeffler and Raphael Warnock. Real-time 2021 Georgia election results will be posted here starting January 5. 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