The National Republican Congressional Committee has spent $1.8 million on ads aimed at McBath. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM). Clark announced on Facebook that, if he wins reelection, he will challenge House Speaker David Ralston, a fellow Republican from Blue Ridge, for leadership of the chamber. Capitol Recap: Estimates rise for Georgia’s voter turnout. This time around, the 6th and 7th could be testing grounds, Emory University political science professor Andra Gillespie said. ATLANTA - Georgians are on track to shatter previous election turnout records. In both federal elections held in Georgia since its voter ID became effective, the increase in turnout of Hispanic and black voters dwarfed the increase in turnout of white voters. It could take days or weeks, depending on how quickly ballots are being counted in a few key battleground states, like Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. — Chamblee Mayor Eric Clarkson and state Insurance Commissioner John King have endorsed former U.S. Rep. Karen Handel in her 6th Congressional District race against Democratic U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath. It’s all been within the limits set by law, something that Larry Nobel, a former general counsel of the Federal Election Commission pointed out. House Majority PAC, a separate political committee controlled by Democratic leaders in the House, has spent an additional $3.5 million. GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia -- President Donald Trump and Joe Biden are locked in a tight contest to secure the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution), U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler and her husband, Intercontinental Exchange Chief Executive Jeff Sprecher, center, have loaned or given $31 million this year to support Republicans in and out of Georgia in this year's election. Fulton County said it is aware of the strange numbers and have reached out to the Center for Election Systems at Kennesaw State. “In general, the voting population tends to get younger and less white as early voting goes along, with the former being much more pronounced than the latter,” said Ryan Anderson with GeorgiaVotes. But she’s also doing her share to fund other campaigns. The National Right to Life Victory Fund has divided $982 between Handel and McCormick. That would tend to favor Democrats, although Republicans will likely account for a majority of voters on Election Day, itself. GeorgiaVotes.com reports that about one-quarter of the early voters didn’t cast ballots in the 2016 election. Bourdeaux’s benefactors include Planned Parenthood, $41,223; and the Asian American Advocacy Fund $1,021. When this election is over, U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler could be nursing a serious case of writer’s cramp, given the amount of checks she has signed this campaign season. DeKalb County residents head into the future Stonecrest City Hall to vote early. Copyright © 2021 WABC-TV. This year, McBath and Handel are locked in a rematch in the 6th. Voter turnout is measured as the percentage of registered active voters who actually voted. View Early Voting Turnout reports from previous elections below. The highest voter turnout was in Minnesota, where 79.96% of the VEP voted in the … Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Georgia’s voter-turnout numbers and percentages have hit records repeatedly since we introduced photo ID for in-person voting. Includes 2016 Races for President, Senate, House, Governor and Key Ballot Measures. For now, Fulton County officials are hoping for an 80% early voting rate to minimize voter confusion and other problems on Election Day, when the nation's eyes will once again be on Georgia. There also was an affirmation of prior research that mailing a ballot to every registered voter in a state or county boosts turnout. Clark was one of 10 lawmakers who sponsored a measure in 2019 calling on Ralston to resign after an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Channel 2 Action News found that the speaker had frequently delayed criminal court cases by claiming the dates interfered with his legislative duties. Georgia could be key Trump vs. Biden race for president. The numbers are similar for those who didn’t vote in 2018′s midterm elections. He also gave $1 million to the America First PAC supporting Trump, $717,000 to the National Senatorial Campaign Committee, $290,300 to Trump Victory, $258,500 to the RNC and contributions of $10,000 to 14 state Republican parties. Early Wednesday, Trump prematurely claimed he carried Georgia - and several other states that were too early to call. “Just think about that kind of rush.”. That’s more than what the candidates, themselves, have spent. Some other Republican-leaning counties — Bryan, Butts, Forsyth, Greene and Rabun — did almost as well. The all-time record for turnout in an election in Georgia is 4.1 million, reached during the 2016 presidential election. The Voter Turnout in Presidential Election Years interactive chart shows voter turnout for each county, in addition to the 23-county region and Georgia as a whole. — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden threw his support behind two U.S. Senate hopefuls. Sprecher, whose company owns the New York Stock Exchange, has been handing out big money on his own. State Rep. David Clark, R-Buford, has a vision beyond Tuesday’s election — occupying the big chair in the Georgia House. They also turned out in big numbers in north Georgia's Floyd County, where support for President Donald Trump is strong. Geoff Duncan's fundraising committee, Advance Georgia, has raised $1.5 million with the aim of protecting Republicans' 35-21 majority in the state Senate, the chamber Duncan heads. The former vice president backed Jon Ossoff in his race against Republican incumbent David Perdue, and he also endorsed Raphael Warnock in the special election for the seat occupied by Republican Kelly Loeffler. In the 2021 ASUC elections, graduate students voted on a fee proposed by the Graduate Assembly, or GA, which did not pass due to low voter turnout. The Georgia Secretary of State's Office reports record early voting numbers across the state. That number shouldn't be too surprising. View the unofficial Early Voting Turnout report for the January 5, 2021 Election. 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