ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss has won re-election in a runoff, dashing Democratic hopes of capturing enough Senate seats to thwart Republican filibusters. Chambliss, who fell just short of the majority vote needed to win re-election in November, prevailed in a one-on-one rematch with Democrat Jim Martin.
With 92 percent of precincts reporting, Chambliss had 58 percent of the vote to Martin's 41 percent. Chambliss' victory thwarted Democrats' hopes of winning a 60 seat filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. It came after a bitter month long runoff against Democrat Jim Martin that drew political luminaries from both parties to the state and flooded the airwaves with fresh attack ads weeks after campaigns elsewhere had ended.
My Phone rang all day today to remind me to vote! LIKE I COULD FORGET!! Calls came in from Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, and Mike Huckabee. Not counting the 4 calls from the NRA!! Just sayin, WAS IT REALLY NESSESARY???
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The phone calls and more phone calls. The audacity to call on a Sunday to solicit votes is ridiculous. I did vote for Chambliss, and I'm glad he won.
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