Georgia Senate Race Results

    • Chambliss is the incumbent candidate
    • Martin is an Atlanta attorney
    • Libertarian Allen Buckley was also running
    • Neither candidate won a majority in the November 4, 2008 general election
    • Chambliss won December 2 runoff election with a 60% to 40% margin
    • 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
    • November 4 exit polls indicated that a majority of younger and new voters chose Martin and Buckley
    • Chambliss ran strongest among voters who named terrorism (84 percent) and energy (74 percent) as their top issues AJC: Georgia GOP expects runoff in Senate race (November 4, 2008)
    • Martin did best among voters concerned about health care (66 percent) and Iraq (59 percent) AJC: Georgia GOP expects runoff in Senate race (November 4, 2008)
  • 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, CNN: [http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/individual/#mapSGA GA runoff results

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