Republican incumbent Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia tonight won the runoff election against Democrat Jim Martin, ending the Democratic Party’s hope of controlling sixty votes in the Senate. With 84 percent reporting Chambliss was holding a 59% to 41% edge, giving him a comfortable win. Turnout was low, appearing to be in the twenty percent range, far below the November election turnout. African American turnout was much smaller than in November, a big edge for Chambliss. An expected win for the Republicans, although they had to work at it a little harder than they would have liked.
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Your observation about the black community is interesting. They showed up to elect a black man, rather than a capable leader, but would not show up to give Obama the tools he needed to ram Democratic policies through the congress.
Jules
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Well I am very happy Senator Chambliss won re election and thwarted a Democrat super majority. Runoff elections regardless who is in power tend to have less of a turnout than a general election.
Gerard
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