Live results: Georgia special election

[Equinox Moon]

Source: The Hill

Ossoff lead shrinks with 20 percent reporting
We're one-fifth of the way done, with 20 percent of precincts reporting, and the numbers haven't changed too much.

Ossoff has 57 percent of the vote, a slight decrease from earlier this evening. Handel still sits strong in second place now with 16 percent. Moody has pulled into third place with 8.6 percent while Gray sits in fourth with 8 percent.

Updated 9:32 p.m.
Ossoffs lead continues to shrink, with 32 percent of precincts reporting.
He has nearly 54 percent of the vote. Ossoff needs to maintain 50 percent if he wants to avoid a runoff, but as more Election Day votes roll in, his numbers keep sinking.

Handel has grown her lead slightly to 17.6 percent, and continues to hold onto second place.

Updated at 9:59 p.m.
At the halfway mark, Ossoff is barely holding onto that 50-percent margin in order to avoid a runoff.
Ossoff has 50.1 percent of the vote, with 50 percent of precincts reporting.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/329361-live-results-georgia-special-election

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Democrat Jon Ossoff is in the lead

[FBaggins]

1. A real nailbiter

Looks like he'll be within a point or two either way.

32% reporting and he's now at 54%. Moderately more reporting from stronger areas.

[Equinox Moon]

3. Thanks for the update!

[FBaggins]

6. 40% reporting. Down to 51%

However - that was a big chunk of the Cobb vote coming in (where Handel actually won some precincts).

Right now he looks just shy of 50% to me, but lots can change still.

[FBaggins]

11. 50% reporting... now at 50.1%

Cobb and DeKalb almost entirely in - so it comes down to Fulton.

[7962]

2. The GOP cant get out of its own way.

If the idiots didnt have a dozen people running, this wouldnt even be in the news. But they're all so arrogant they ALL think they can win. Doofus award

[groundloop]

4. We really really really really want to avoid a runoff.... he needs more than 50% of the vote.

[JudyM]

5. CNN saying both D and R party leaders are describing his lead as stronger than they'd anticipated.

Hope it holds. Currently he's hovering just above 50 with 85/210 precincts reporting.

Thanks for the thread, Equinox Moon 🌙

[Equinox Moon]

12. Hi JudyM

Let's have a beer while we wait this out.

[JudyM]

17. Frozen glasses coming out now.

[Equinox Moon]

22. Great

I'll get the chips and salsa. Do you want the mild, mod or spicy?

[JudyM]

26. Mmm 🌶

[Equinox Moon]

28. Ha! Yes!

That's it exactly!

How fun.

[question everything]

7. I don't unserstand why he does not live in the district

If he wins, this fact can easily challenge him no?

[FBaggins]

8. Reportedly it's a temporary thing

and he lived just barely outside the district.

But he grew up there.

Of course... with a photo-finish like this appears to be... every little bit counts.

[oberliner]

18. His GF goes to Emory

They live together within walking distance of the school.

He says he will move back to the district once she graduates.

[7962]

21. At this time its not required. But it SHOULD be, IMO.

If you want to represent a district, you should already be living there

[lapucelle]

31. My understanding is that he's living

10 minutes outside of the district to accomodate his partner who is finishing medical school at Emory.

Ossoff grew up in the district and will be moving back there when his girlfriend graduates.

As an interesting aside, in 2000 Dick Cheney set up residency in Montana although he was actually living in Texas at the time of his nomination. George W. Bush was also a Texan and here is a constitutional prohibition against the POTUS and the VP being from the same state.

Apparently gaming the Constitution is OK, but temporarily living outside of your home district to accomodate your partner isn't.

[question everything]

57. When I lived in California, term limits really showed this

Office holders treated their positions as security blankets, not to let go of one before the next one was secured. Thus, once elected to the next one, it generated a series of special elections - at tax payers expense, of course. I remember a member of the assembly who wanted to run for the newly vacated senate seat, so he rented a town house in "my" district for a couple of months and got elected. I don't remember whether he kept it afterwards. A Republican, of course.

[orleans]

9. if the dem doesn't win the repukes will be insufferable (more than they already are) n/t

[FBaggins]

10. Not at this level

He looks like he'll only fall a point short or so. Which certainly makes the runoff a possibility.

If he was at his recent polling levels (41%?) they would be... but this is outperformance consistent with anti-Trump pushback.

[Matthew28]

13. Looks ok

Cobb only has 4% out and Fulton is only 16.6% in...Fulton favors Jon by 55.6%...

Odds favor Jon staying above 50% if the rest of the Fulton vote stays about the same...

[DeminPennswoods]

14. DeKalb complete

111 of 210 reporting, Ossoff at 50.43%

Cobb 49 of 51 reporting, Ossoff at 41% there.

Fulton 19 of 116 reporting, Ossoff at 55% there.

AP link: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2017/by_county/GA_Page_0418.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS

[bucolic_frolic]

16. Ossoff pulling 41% in Cobb County

Pretty good showing for NewtLand

1.5% better than HRC

Fulton County heavily Democratic

[Equinox Moon]

15. NY Times live results with map

http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/georgia-house-special-election-district-6

[bucolic_frolic]

19. Ossoff bested HRC's DeKalb County margin by 1.6%

Price pulled what - a 1% win?

[StevieM]

45. Overall Price did much better than Trump did in the district.

I believe DeKalb was his worst county.

If Ossoff is outperforming Clinton, who outperformed Price's opponent by a lot, then that says a lot about the potential to win here.

[oberliner]

20. He's going to finish at 48

Not quite enough.

[Equinox Moon]

23. NYT has him winning at 50.4%

[oberliner]

25. No it doesn't

Ossoff's attrition should probably slow down a bit now that so much of Cobb County is in, but still tracking toward a 48/48.5 type finish

http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/georgia-house-special-election-district-6

[onenote]

27. Link?

[Equinox Moon]

30. This is what I am looking at:

http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/georgia-house-special-election-district-6

[onenote]

32. That shows what he has now, not what he'll have when all the votes are counted.

Going to be very tough to stay above 50%.

[bucolic_frolic]

24. He's pulling good enough margins

but will his turnout in Fulton County be large enough to swamp Cobb's margin?

[NBachers]

29. Georgia Secretary of State Election Page here:

http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/67317/Web02-state/#/

[Bucky]

34. thanks. It's a nail biter

[DeminPennswoods]

33. Fulton County extended hours at 2 polls

From the AJC, at 1 poll, the workers were late arriving (it happens) and the poll opened late, at the other computer problems took awhile to be resolved. One poll stayed open until 7:35, the other until 7:55. I'd guess the county didn't start counting votes until the last poll closed.

[creeksneakers2]

35. Fulton County is the one still out

Hillary got 69% of the vote there. Trump got 27%.

http://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/georgia/

Atlanta is in it.

[JudyM]

36. CNN reporting Fulton is having "technical difficulties"...

[Equinox Moon]

39. Shenanigans

I'm off to snoozeland

[JudyM]

41. Ugh, hope not!

[DeminPennswoods]

38. North of Atl

City of Atlanta is not in this district. It's the northern 1/4 - 1/3 of Fulton Co.

[creeksneakers2]

42. Thanks

[DeminPennswoods]

37. Apparently not able to upload their results

Here's a link to Fulton Co results: http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/Fulton/67378/Web02/#/

Click on "results by precinct" for a breakdown of which have/haven't reported.

[YOHABLO]

40. He better beat Karen Handel: She's another rightwing nut job.

[JudyM]

43. He was just up to 55% for like 5 minutes, then back down again to 50.32% again. Weird.

[Yavin4]

44. Where are you seeing that? n/t

[JudyM]

48. On the GA SOS site.

[onenote]

46. Where are you seeing that?

[StevieM]

47. I think there was a data mishap somewhere. (eom)

[haele]

49. He had been at 55% in Fulton County when they stopped counting earlier.

But for the entire 6th, at that point he was around 50.3%. You might have been looking at the earlier Fulton County numbers.

Haele

[JudyM]

50. CNN projecting runoff will be necessary.

[Still In Wisconsin]

51. Well, my Trumper in-laws just called to crow about TRUMP winning again.

If nothing else, they have demonstrated that (1) they still have no class in these matters and (2) this sure got the Trumpers' attention!

[Yavin4]

54. That just proves that they care more about seeing Liberals like you upset than they care about the

states of their country.

[Still In Wisconsin]

56. Exactly right. Ask my father-in-law what he loves about our Governor Scott Walker, and he will say:

"He pisses off the LIBERALS!"

It's all a big sport to him... something to yell about when the Packers aren't playing.

[Crabby Appleton]

52. from local TV station

From local TV station

Richard Elliot?Verified account @RElliotWSB 9m9 minutes ago
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With 87% of precincts complete, Ossoff is at 48.6%.Handel is at 19.4%.


https://twitter.com/wsbtv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fpolitics.blog.ajc.com%2F2017%2F04%2F18%2Flive-updates-georgias-6th-district-special-election%2F

[ecstatic]

55. I hope the Susan Sarandon types now realize their mistake

2016 will go down as the last semi-legitimate election held in this country. It's over. We couldn't pull together to stop a racist, fascist candidate in 2016. There will be no dramatic shift left due to Trump--even if most voters want that, the election results will not show it. 1776-2016