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Dem Ossoff's Lead Over GOP's Perdue Continues To Grow In Georgia

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Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff's lead over incumbent Republican Senator David Perdue in the race for Georgia's Class II US Senate seat continues to grow, with the latest overnight figures showing Ossoff 16,370 votes ahead, compared to a lead of just over 12k votes an hour ago.

  • In DeKalb County (a major focus of analysts in the 2020 presidential election) around 96% of the vote has been counted with the majority of the c.19k votes left to count being absentee ballots that are likely to lean strongly towards Ossoff.
  • This is the case in nearly all large counties that still have votes left to count. There are c.11k votes left to count in Fulton County, c.5k in Chatham County, c.10k in Henry County, and c.4k in both Cobb and Gwinett counties. As in DeKalb County, these are mostly absentee ballots, and therefore are likely to also swing towards Ossoff.

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