Georgia, which allows voters to request an absentee ballot without an excuse, broke an all-time record for the proportion of voters casting ballots by mail after Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office As of Tuesday morning, 1.3 million Georgians requested absentee ballots and a little over one million voters had returned their ballots, vastly exceeding the 37,000 voters who voted absentee in Georgia's 2016 primary election Despite the high participation among voters of both parties statewide, Georgia's efforts to scale up their absentee and mail-in voting weren't without challenges, some which led to voters not receiving the ballots they requested. Bourdeaux, a public policy professor, is now running again for Democratic nomination and will go to an August 11 runoff against Georgia House Representative Brenda Lopez Ramero.
The election office in Fulton County, which includes the city of Atlanta and is the state's most populous county, is under investigation amid of reports of unknown numbers of absentee ballot requests Georgia also held several days of early in-person voting to help reduce crowding at vote centers, but shortages of poll-workers and fewer open polling places than normal caused many voters to wait hours in line to vote early At least 150 hospitalized due to salmonella outbreak in 48 statesLIVE UPDATES: See the full results of Georgia's presidential and congressional primariesShow full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours.
The Democratic US Senate primary taking place today is separate from the special election for Georgia's other US Senate seat, currently held by Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who was appointed to the Senate this January. Georgia Primary Election Results: Ninth Congressional District Democratic Primary Updated June 16, 2020 100% reporting Candidate Votes Pct.
Bourdeaux or Lopez Ramero will face physician and US Navy and Marine Corps veteran Rich McCormick, who won the Republican primary for the seat outright, defeating State Senator Renee Unterman, and businesswoman Lynne Homick.There are also competitive GOP primaries in two open safe Republican-held seats in Georgia. In Georgia's 9th congressional district, which current Rep. Doug Collins is vacating to run for Georgia's other US Senate seat against Loeffler, State Representative Matt Gurtler and gun store owner Andrew Clyde advanced through the Trump carried the district, located in the northeast corner of the state, with over 77% of the vote in 2016.
In the 2018 midterm elections, Woodall won reelection by only 433 votes, or 0.15%, against Democrat Carolyn Bourdeaux, and his victory was only confirmed after a recount. In the House of Representatives, there are crowded Democratic and Republican primaries Trump carried Georgia's 7th district by 6.3 percentage points in the 2016 presidential election. House Of Representatives District Results - Georgia 7th Congressional District Race Betting Odds. While the district has traditionally been known as a Republican stronghold, it has undergone significant demographic changes in recent years.