Posted on 04/18/2017 3:08:04 PM PDT by SMGFan
The most competitive special Congressional election yet has arrived, and we will be providing returns live tonight right here. In addition to our district-wide totals, we will be analyzing county and precinct level returns. For the Democrats, the hope is that Jon Ossoff can pull out an outright win tonight- if he gets over 50% of the vote in this crowded field, he’s in as the district’s new Representative in Congress. If he falls short, then he will face off against one of four likely Republican opponents in a runoff on June 20th: Karen Handel, Bob Gray, Judson Hill, or Dan Moody. Polls close at 7pm and we anticipate at least early vote tallies to begin rolling in shortly thereafter. Refresh this page for the latest results tonight out of Georgia.
If its the part of Fulton County that is Buckhead and Sandy Springs, I suspect that it is mostly Republican. If its the City of Atlanta, forget it.
Handel Political positions
Abortion
Handel opposes abortion.[40][41] She favors eliminating government funding for Planned Parenthood.[40] She played a key role in Komen’s short-lived decision to defund Planned Parenthood.[42]
Health care
Handel is in favor of repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).[43][41] She has expressed support for then-congressman, now-Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price’s legislation to replace Obamacare.[44]
Immigration
Handel did not support the bipartisan Senate “Gang of Eight” bill, which would have provided a pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States.[43]
LGBT rights
Handel opposes same-sex marriage and same-sex civil unions.[24][45] She has voted no on legislation that would give domestic partner benefits.[45] She opposes the adoption of children by gay individuals, stating that it “is not the best household for a child.”[24][46]
Stem cell research
She opposes embryonic stem cell research
What part of Fulton is that??
Yup. North Fulton. Very Republican
Also, GA is in the Eastern Time Zone. All of it. Even that part of Georgia that is south and west of Atlanta.
It’s N Fulton. It is a historically Republican area but marginally so with changing demographics. 60% of the early vote was Pajama Boy. This is going to be way too close for comfort.
It’s making me nervous that for the last hour or more, nothing has been reported for Fulton; it’s been at 16% for the longest time while the other areas went to 100% and 96%. I can only think of two reasons:
1) They are delaying reporting the good news for Republicans in order not to demoralize the Dems further. Going to wait until very late to report.
2) It’s taking longer than they thought to manufacture enough fake votes to get the D over 50%
Who am I kidding, it’s definitely #2 because it’s the Democrat way.
I just thought of something else, maybe we’re in a game of chicken between the different precincts in Fulton. Maybe Republicans have figured out NOT to report early so the math is easier for Dems??
It is odd that there’s been no movement in quite a while.
I know. 50.4%.
The polls in Georgia have been closed for 3.5 hours. Why on earth does it take so long to count ballots?
113 precincts complete
2 of 3 counties complete
http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/georgia-house-special-election-district-6
http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/67317/Web02-state/#/
I suspect treachery. I wish they’d hurry up, I want to go to bed.
How do you define too close for comfort? The NYT is projecting Ossoff getting 48% to 48.5%.
2016 Elections: Fulton County was 91,211 to 55,455 for Price (R). So extrapolating, one would think margins would be more for the Rs than the Ds...
You all do realize “Trending down” is NOT good enough...............he needs to be way down/below 50 percent........as long as he stays above that he wins
I keep watching the comments as they go by....O needs just 50%....that needs to drop if it’s right where he is now.
The part of Fulton County that is in the 6th Congressional District is about as Republican as the rest of the district. In 2016, Tom Price won 62.5 to 37.5 percent in the part of Fulton Co. that’s in the 6th, and won 61.7 to 38.3 percent districtwide. So, the big difference is early vote versus election day vote. Not Fulton Co. versus the rest of the district.
Yep, Cobb & DeKalb are now both at 100% reported, but Fulton has been sitting at 16% for more than an hour. Very.Strange.
A Georgia boy went to Alabama and got into a little trouble. The Alabama Highway Patrol was chasing him eastward. The Alabama boy reached the state line, and the State Patrolman pulled his car over to the side of the road and stopped. His partner said, “Why did you stop”?
The State Patrolman replied, “It’s too late now! He’s already an hour ahead of us”!
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