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The Almost Final GA Count

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For those keeping score:

With 97% of precincts reporting ...

Sen. Saxby Chambliss won 1,220,856 votes or 57.4%

Democrat Jim Martin won 905,637 votes or 42.6%

For anyone wondering about the extent of Barack Obama's influence on turnout in congressional contests, note that 2.12M people cast ballots yesterday in the GA Senate runoff, compared with 3.75M people who voted in the 11/4 Senate contest.