Georgia Senate Race Results

The state of Georgia will held a runoff election for its Senate race since none of the candidates received over 50% of the vote. The runoff took place on December 2, 2008. Incumbent Saxby Chambliss finished with a projected 60% to 40% lead over challenger Jim Martin in a close race, ¹

Fast Facts

1. Chambliss is the incumbent candidate
2. Martin is an Atlanta attorney
3. Libertarian Allen Buckley was also running
4. Neither candidate won a majority in the November 4, 2008 general election
5. Chambliss won December 2 runoff election with a 60% to 40% margin
6. A run-off election is a second election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board when no choice receives a majority of the ballots in the first poll
7. November 4 exit polls indicated that a majority of younger and new voters chose Martin and Buckley
8. Chambliss ran strongest among voters who named terrorism (84 percent) and energy (74 percent) as their top issues²
9. Martin did best among voters concerned about health care (66 percent) and Iraq (59 percent)²

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