News Source: The Daily Telegraph
| 11 months ago
US Senator Saxby Chambliss won a run-off election in Georgia today, CNN said, denying Democrats the chance for a 60-seat "super majority" in the Senate that would have enabled them to pass legislation virtually at will. Senator Chambliss, an...
News Source: The Tifton Gazette
| 11 months ago
Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss handed the GOP a firewall against Democrats eager to flex their newfound political muscle in Washington, winning a bruising runoff battle Tuesday night that had captured the national limelight. Georgia...
News Source: The Moultrie Observer
| 11 months ago
The notice was sent to AP-affiliated newspapers at 8:56 p.m., but without any vote totals. The most recent vote totals, which were sent one minute before the announcement of victory, said with 1,807 of the state's 3,303 precincts reporting,...
News Source: Washington Post
| 11 months ago
Chambliss' win to a second term gives the GOP a firewall against Democrats eager to flex their newfound political muscle in Washington. The monthlong runoff battle against Democrat Jim Martin captured the national limelight, drawing political...
News Source: The Hill
| 11 months ago
A recount is underway in the razor-thin race between GOP Sen. Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken...Either way, they hope to reach the 60-seat threshold in 2010. The electoral map, which was already in the Democrats’ favor this coming cycle, began...
News Source: MarketWatch
| 11 months ago
Early returns Tuesday night showed Sen. Saxby Chambliss leading in a key Georgia runoff election that could block Democrats from holding a filibuster-proof majority in the U.S. Senate. The runoff followed a tightly-contested Nov. 4 election when...