After months of non-stop ads, texts, phone calls - it’s finally time to see who won Georgia’s crucial twin Senate races.
As of 2 a.m. Wednesday, Raphael Warnock was the projected winner in the race between him and Sen. Kelly Loeffler. The race between Jon Ossoff and David Perdue remained too close to call as key precincts continued to tally votes.
Control of the U.S. Senate when President-elect Joe Biden takes office hinges on the outcome of the Georgia races.
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LIVE UPDATES:
Wednesday, 1/6
10:46 a.m.
WSB′s Steve Gehlbach said Fulton County election officials say they have close to 7,500 absentee ballots to add to the results and they hope to the final preliminary totals uploaded by end of the day.
Gehlbach is inside the Georgia World Congress Center where election officials are counting the absentee ballots.
10:44 a.m.
President Trump tweeted about the Georgia Senate race, calling election officials “scoundrels” in the David Perdue race.
“They’ve got as many ballots as are necessary. Rigged Election!” President Trump tweeted.
9:48 a.m.
Gabe Sterling with the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office tweeted a response to President Trump’s tweet about “found votes”:
“No Mr. President, there weren’t “found” ballots. We have known the number of advanced votes since this weekend. We saw record Election Day turnout. As of Monday 970,000 absentees had been accepted. 31k more were added in yesterday’s totals. That leaves 60k that came in yesterday.”
8:35 a.m.
WSB′s Steve Gehlbach is inside the Georgia World Congress Center as election workers will be back later this morning to count thousand of absentee ballots.
The workers are expected to be back around 9 a.m. to continue the counting process.
8:15 a.m.
Rev. Raphael Warnock appeared on ‘Good Morning America’ where he described his win as “historic” as he is set to become the first Black Senator from Georgia.
“Certainly this is a historic moment and I’m just deeply grateful to be a vessel in a moment in which we’re facing such large problems in our country, and I can’t wait to get to the U.S. Senate to represent the concerns of ordinary people,” Warnock told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on “Good Morning America” Wednesday.
8:03 a.m.
Jon Ossoff appeared in a livestream this morning thanking his supporters and his family and friends.
“I want to thank the people of Georgia for participating in this election, everybody who cast your ballot, everybody who put your faith and confidence in our democracy’s capacity to deliver the representation that we deserve, whether you were for me, or against me, I’ll be for you in the U.S. Senate.”
“I want to thank my family for their support and their patience. I want to thank my wonderful wife Alisha, who as we speak is at the hospital, helping Georgia mothers deliver healthy babies, helping save lives.”
7:05 a.m.
Today at 8 a.m., Jon Ossoff will deliver live remarks on the results in the runoff election.
6:57 a.m.
Raphael Warnock will appear on Good Morning America after he was named the projected winner of one of Georgia’s two Senate races.
6:55 a.m.
Stacey Abrams tweeted this morning her support for Jon Ossoff saying that, “our nation will be all the better for having him.”
4:55 a.m.:
From Dekalb County—reporting 100% of precincts as of 3:57 a.m. Ossoff leads Perdue 83.16% to 16.68%.
4:50 a.m.:
WSB′s Steve Gehlbach posted a picture of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s front page this morning.
2:21 a.m.:
The Perdue campaign just released a statement:
“As we’ve said repeatedly over the last several weeks and as recently as this evening, this is an exceptionally close election that will require time and transparency to be certain the results are fair and accurate and the voices of Georgians are heard. We will mobilize every available resource and exhaust every legal recourse to ensure all legally cast ballots are properly counted. We believe in the end, Senator Perdue will be victorious.”
2 a.m.”
Raphael Warnock is projected to win one of two Senate seats in Georgia.
1:30 a.m.
The Ossoff campaign just released this statement:
“When all the votes are counted we fully expect that Jon Ossoff will have won this election to represent Georgia in the United States Senate. The outstanding vote is squarely in parts of the state where Jon’s performance has been dominant. We look forward to seeing the process through in the coming hours and moving ahead so Jon can start fighting for all Georgians in the U.S. Senate.”
Tuesday, 1/5
11:24 p.m.
The latest elections numbers show there could be a split in which side wins in these races.
10:28 p.m.
The largest portion of uncounted votes is from DeKalb County, a heavily Democratic stronghold.
9:44 p.m.
The Secretary of State’s Office said officials across the state have counted about 3 million votes so far.
8:57 p.m.
According to Fulton County, there will be a total of about 450,000 votes in the county, compared to the 528,000 in November. 71,000 voted today. There were 272,000 early voters. The rest are absentee.
8:20 p.m.
Fulton County Elections Director Richard Barron says poll works have received threats and his office has received bomb threats.
8:10 p.m.
All polls are now closed in Georgia.
7:21 p.m.
The first poll results have started coming from across the state.
7 p.m.
Poll have closed in most counties across the state. A few stayed open a few extra minutes because of problems earlier in the day. In Chatham County, voting at the Old Courthouse on Bull Street was extended to 7:33 p.m. and the Beach High location was extended to 7:35 p.m. due to technical difficulties.
6:46 p.m.
Fulton County’s election director said about 70,000 people voted cross the county today.
6:32 p.m.
Gabriel Sterling with the Secretary of State’s Office says the biggest issue they’ve had to deal with today is baseless rumors.
“The biggest thing is we have to deal with is rumors,” Sterling said. “Everybody’s kind of on edge for some of these things. But in general, it’s been steady as she goes.”
6:19 p.m.
Secretary of State’s Office says there have been a handful of counties that have been granted extensions over issues at the polls today.
5:09 p.m.:
Our reporters are following the election night parties from all of the candidates.
4:55 p.m.:
WSB′s Justin Gray learned that only 3 ballot scanners statewide have had a reported problem.
4:52 p.m.:
WSB′s Dave Huddleston is inside the Republicans’ watch party. Their message is “hold the line.”
4:14 p.m.:
WSB′s Justin Gray learned more about the “minor” voting issue in Columbia County near Augusta - the court has ordered two precincts to open a few minutes later.
3:55 p.m.:
Gabriel Sterling with the Secretary of State’s Office said there are more than 300,000 absentee ballots outstanding.
3:44 p.m.:
Cobb County is reporting no major voting issues as of 3:30 p.m.
A judge has ordered the Powder Springs 1A precinct to remain open until 7:10 p.m. tonight because this precinct did not start voting until about 7:10 a.m. There was an issue getting the machines up and running on time. This precinct is at the George E. Ford Center, 4181 Atlanta Street in Powder Springs.
3:40 p.m.:
Gabriel Sterling with the Secretary of State’s Office held a news conference about how the election is going so far, and he says it’s been mostly smooth. He said that 4 of the 27,000 touchscreens in the state were replaced.
3:15 p.m.:
WSB′s Nicole Carr is at a warehouse in northwest Atlanta where some ballots will be counted tonight. She says the security has been increased.
3:01 p.m.:
WSB′s Tony Thomas in Gwinnett County reports “slow and steady” turnout at one Lawrenceville polling location, with more than 300 people voting.
1:52 p.m.:
President Donald Trump is tweeting about supposed voting issues in Columbia County. The Secretary of State’s office says those issues were resolved hours ago and the public was informed in real time.
12:27 p.m.:
WSB′s Mike Petchenik reports no line at the Wolf Creek Library in South Fulton.
12:15 p.m.
WSB′s Justin Gray met with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger this afternoon and there was a steady line of voters.
12:07 p.m.:
Gabriel Sterling with the Secretary of State’s Office reports an average of 1 minute wait times across Georgia.
11:50 a.m.:
WSB′s Steve Gehlbach reports low turnout at St. Philip AME Church in DeKalb County. He said it may be due to the high early voting or absentee.
“It’s less people now then was the first time. It was packed the first time here,” said voter Derrick Evans.
10:55 a.m.:
Senator Kelly Loeffler held an impromptu event in Sandy Springs this morning.
8:35 a.m.:
Gabriel Sterling with the Secretary of State’s Office reports a programming error for some scanners and pollworker cards in Columbia County. But he said that voting is continuing on backup emergency ballots.
7:20 a.m.
A WSB producer reported that an issue with the poll pads at the Alpharetta Recreation Center caused a line to form. But the issue has been fixed and the line is now moving.
7 a.m.:
Polls have opened across the state of Georgia. A record 3 million people have already voted.
6:03 a.m.:
WSB′s Steve Gehlbach is inside one polling location in DeKalb County where election workers are beginning to turn on their voting machines.
5:35 a.m.:
WSB′s Kristen Holloway said she seen some election workers begin to arrive at the Gwinnett County election headquarters ahead of the 7 a.m. opening.
5:05 a.m.:
WSB′s Steve Gehlbach in DeKalb County says he spoke with county election officials and they said after six elections this cycle, they are prepared for this Senate runoff. In-person voting today could rival, or even top, what we saw in November’s general election, according to officials.
Georgia Voter Guide:
- How to vote by absentee ballot for Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff elections
- COUNTY-BY-COUNTY: Where can I early vote in north Georgia for the Senate runoff?
- INTERACTIVE MAP: Where can I drop off my absentee ballot in metro Atlanta?
- Meet the candidates running for Georgia’s U.S. Senate Seat: David Perdue vs. Jon Ossoff
- Meet candidates for Georgia’s U.S. Senate Seat: Kelly Loeffler vs. Raphael Warnock