Chambliss Defeats Martin; Dems Lose Chance at 60-Vote 'Super Majority' from TPR: The Public Record

Sen. Saxby Chambliss won a runoff election in Georgia Tuesday against Democrat Jim Martin ending Democrats' chances of controlling a 60-vote filibuster-proof majority in the House.

With 95 percent of the precincts reporting, state election officials said Chambliss won 58 percent while Martin won 42 percent of the vote. Election officials reported that about 2 million people voted in the runoff compared with 3.7 million who voted on Election Day.

The runoff was held because neither Chambliss nor Martin captured 50 percent of the votes cast on Election Day to be declared the winner of the race as required by Georgia law.

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