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 · 1:13:17 AM +00:00
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Steve Singiser
As we kick off round 5 of the liveblog, we have two fresh updates, both occurring within the last minute or so. In GA-06, a fresh batch of GOP-friendly Cobb County arrived, which has pushed Karen Handel out to a 52-48 lead over Jon Ossoff overall. The raw vote margin now stands at 5200 votes. Meanwhile, in SC-05, the Associated Press has called that special election (to replace GOP Rep. Mick Mulvaney) for Republican former state legislator Ralph Norman. However, it is worth noting that Norman currently leads 52-48, in a district that was carried by Donald Trump by 18 points, and in which Mulvaney routinely won over the past few cycles by dominant margins.
Wednesday, Jun 21, 2017 · 1:22:05 AM +00:00
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Steve Singiser
One thing that must be noted tonight, since we have two case studies here to peruse: the turnout disparity between GA-06 and SC-05 tonight is simply bonkers. Already, GA-06 has reported 163,000 votes tallied, and we may only be about 2/3 of the way through the counting. Meanwhile, with only a handful of precincts left to count in SC-05, the total turnout is sitting at….right around 78,000 votes.
Wednesday, Jun 21, 2017 · 1:33:16 AM +00:00
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Steve Singiser
GA-06: Cobb County just dropped another load of GOP-friendly ballots. The bad news for Democrats is that pushes Karen Handel’s lead out to a 53-47 lead, or a raw vote margin of 9300 votes. The good news for Democrats is that means that Cobb is now nearly spent (only 11 precincts to go). Meanwhile, half of Dem-friendly DeKalb County is still out there, as are many Dem-friendly patches of Fulton County. The math is certainly getting tougher for Ossoff, but there is genuine reason to assume that the margin will close as the night wears on.