Republican David Perdue was able to win the necessary amount of votes to win the Georgia race for U.S. Senate and avoid a runoff on Tuesday night.
The race was called for Perdue by CNN and NBC at 10:54 PM.
When those two networks had called the race Perdue was leading Nunn 56.45 percent to 41. 57 percent.
Perdue needed to get more than 50 percent to avoid a runoff against Nunn.
Even if Nunn had made it to the runoff, she would have had a steep hill to climb. In her concession speech, Nunn alluded to hopes among Democrats that a push to register more black voters would pay off. But observers said those efforts were likely to pay off farther down the line.
“But we built a foundation that needs to be cultivated and it needs to be built upon,” Nunn said.
Sigh.
and pat roberts prevails in kansas…
Well, considering the hours I put in canvassing for my first involvement in any political campaign, I can’t say I left anything in the tank this time. I thought our ground-game would be enough. I guess I underestimated just how strong the stupid is in Georgia. Fuck these inbred cunts. I hope they all get Ebola from their Medicaid rejection. Fuck these fucking fuckers. Pardon my French, but I can’t remember the last time I worked this hard to make something happen, only to see it fail so dramatically. Seriously, fuck these fucking cunts.
Goodnight folks. I can’t take any more of this. Fking demoralizing. See y’all in a few days. I gotta get far away from this shiite for a few days. What a fked up night.
I bet there’s a least one person at TPM that isn’t too upset at what has transpired tonight. Anger at and opposition to a Republican controlled Senate will generate a lot more page clicks than support of a Democratic controlled Senate.