Republican Saxby Chambliss Elected to Georgia Senate

That’s the headline on FNC’s headline page. I can’t say that I’m surprised Sen. Chambliss won. I’ll just say that I’m surprised at the margin that he’s winning with. The AP is calling the race, too:

Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss has won re-election in a runoff, dashing Democratic hopes of capturing enough Senate seats to thwart Republican filibusters. Chambliss, who fell just short of the majority vote needed to win re-election in November, prevailed in a one-on-one rematch with Democrat Jim Martin.

According to Georgia’s Secretary of State website, Sen. Chambliss is getting approximately 60 percent of the vote with 77 percent of the precincts reporting:

Chambliss (R) 932,227 votes
Martin (D) 614,814 votes

This likely eliminates Al Franken’s chances of convincing Harry Reid to seat Franken. The only reason for Reid to do that was if Franken represented the 60th Democratic senator. That’s now history.

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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

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