The proposed city of East Cobb failed by the largest margin with 5,900 in favor, good for 26.6% of the vote to 16,289 opposed, or 73.4%. Lost Mountain in west Cobb failed 42% to 58% with the anti side up over 4,000 votes, and Vinings in the south came closest to passing at 55% to 45%, decided by 255 votes out of 2,555.
Republicans Chris West and Jeremy Hunt have advanced to a June 21 runoff to determine who will challenge Democratic incumbent Sanford Bishop in Georgia’s 2nd Congressional District.
Wednesday morning on Political Rewind: The results from the Georgia primary reveal the candidates voters picked to head into the general election. Who earned their party’s nomination? And what do the winners tell us about the state of Georgia politics?
Election day ended with nine of the state’s 2,500 voting precincts extending their voting hours after delays that were caused by a wide range of speed bumps ranging from a power outage to tech problems with getting voting equipment that included poll pads used to check in voters in.
Freshman U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene clinched the Republican nomination to run for reelection for her U.S. House seat despite facing a handful of primary challengers and a scandal-ridden first term.
Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has declared victory in the GOP primary nomination with about 51% of the vote, leading Trump-backed Jody Hice in a referendum over the 2020 election.
At 4 p.m. on the eve of Tuesday’s primary, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger disqualified a Democratic consumer advocate running for the statewide Public Service Commission. A Fulton County judge signed an emergency stay, allowing Patty Durand to stay on the ballot.
Tuesday on Political Rewind: Voters are flocking to the polls on election day. David Perdue got one last shout-out from Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Gov. Kemp got a boost from Trump's former vice president. Georgians also have to decide on lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and more.
Tuesday’s primary election in Georgia is about more than deciding party nominees for races up and down the ballot in November, as Georgia’s battleground status continues to play an outsized role in shaping the future of American politics.
Georgia's Stacey Abrams has benefitted from being unopposed in the state's Democratic primary for governor by using the period to spread her message while Republicans have fought. Even Republicans say Abrams is a "political international rock star with unlimited resources," although the Abrams campaign says the sour national environment for Democrats is a major hurdle.