In the race to replace Nunn, Democrat Cleland beat Millner with 49 percent of 2.2 million votes cast.Millner received 48 percent. The difference may have been Libertarian Jack Cashin, who wound up receiving 81,652 votes.
Coverdell, a Republican, estimated three out of four Libertarian votes probably would have otherwise gone to Millner, providing the margin of victory.
In conceding the race, Millner also noted Cashin's impact.
Libertarian votes in 1992 sent then-U.S. Sen. Wyche Fowler, D-Ga., into a runoff with Coverdell when no candidate received a majority.
Coverdell took the runoff, and Democratic state lawmakers changed the law so that the winner of the U.S. Senate general election only needed 45 percent of the vote.