Outside the Beltway

Saxby Chamblis Re-Elected in Georgia – Republican Hold

James Joyner · Tuesday, November 4, 2008 · 2 comments

Saxby Chamblis has won re-election in Georgia, FOX projects, virtually ensuring that the Democrats don’t hit the 60 vote threshold in the Senate to kill a filibuster without Republican crossovers.

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Comments

charles austin says:

Tuesday, 4 November 2008 at 22:00

So which Republican Senator is going to grow in office and switch parties?
Tad says:

Wednesday, 5 November 2008 at 08:21

I have heard that the early votes in several counties have not been counted in Ga.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/17894973/detail.html

2 million uncounted early votes seems to incredible to be true. Surely that’s an exaggeration but as of this 6 morning local news is still claiming the race is too close to call.

http://www.wsbtv.com/politics/17896853/detail.html