Polls closed tonight at 7 PM ET in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, where a special election is being held to replace former Republican Rep. Tom Price, who resigned to join Donald Trump’s cabinet. This suburban Atlanta seat has been in GOP hands since its creation in 1992, and Mitt Romney won it 61-37 in 2012. However, it swung sharply against Trump, who carried it by just 48-47. Polls show an incredibly tight race between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel. This is the most expensive House race in American history.
To help you follow along tonight, we have the results for each of GA-06’s counties for both the 2016 presidential election and for the April all-party primary. Tom Bonier of TargetSmart has put together a viewing guide to give us an idea of what the early vote totals will mean for Ossoff’s chances. In April, the early vote was disproportionately Democratic, but there’s no guarantee it will be again.
There is also a special election in South Carolina’s 5th District to replace Republican Mick Mulvaney between Republican Ralph Norman and Democrat Archie Parnell in this 57-39 Trump seat.
Results: GA-06: AP (by district, by county, by precinct) | SC-05: AP (by district, by county), Secretary of State
Wednesday, Jun 21, 2017 · 12:45:56 AM +00:00
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Steve Singiser
For those just checking in, here is where we stand in the (still) early stages of this special election night:
In GA-06, with mostly early votes in plus a handful of precincts, Democrat Jon Ossoff remains in front by 0.8 percent, a lead in terms of raw votes of just about 1200 votes. Meanwhile, in a comparably low turnout affair in SC-05, Democrats are clearly overperforming. With 44 percent of precincts reporting, Democrat Archie Parnell still clings to a 50-49 lead over Republican Ralph Norman, who came into Election Night as a heavy favorite.
Wednesday, Jun 21, 2017 · 12:53:53 AM +00:00
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Steve Singiser
SC-05: A big jump in precincts reported out of South Carolina, and the news is “good” for the GOP. Republican nominee Ralph Norman, a former state senator, now leads Democrat Archie Parnell. But given that this was a district carried by Donald Trump by an 18-point spread, Norman’s 52-47 lead has to be considered vastly underwhelming.
Wednesday, Jun 21, 2017 · 12:55:10 AM +00:00
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Steve Singiser
GA-06: Meanwhile, GOP-friendly Cobb County reports its first election day tallies on the night, and that is enough to push Republican Karen Handel into a very narrow lead. With 127,000 votes tallied, Handel’s lead over Democrat Jon Ossoff is 466 votes.
Wednesday, Jun 21, 2017 · 1:06:35 AM +00:00
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Steve Singiser
GA-06: A bigger chunk of Fulton County has now chimed in, adding 12,000 votes to the tally. The precincts were good ones for Karen Handel, allowing her to edge out to a larger (51-49) lead over Jon Ossoff. The raw vote margin, as of now, stands at a little over 2300 votes.