Breaking: As GOP Pulls Ahead in Georgia Senate Races, Democrat County Stops Counting Votes for the Night
A Democrat-leaning Georgia county called it quits for the night with thousands of vote yet to be counted as the two Republican U.S. Senate candidates held on to slim leads after being behind the Democrats most of the evening after polls closed.
As of 11 p.m. EST with about 91 percent of the votes counted:
- Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R) 51.1 % : Raphael Warnock (D) 48.9 %
- Sen. David Perdue (R) 51.5 % : Jon Ossoff (D) 48.5 %
President Trump's tweet:
President Trump observed right as news broke of Chatham County shutting down, “Looks like they are setting up a big “voter dump” against the Republican candidates. Waiting to see how many votes they need?”
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