Georgians swarmed to the polls on the last day of early voting before next week's Senate runoff, setting a new record for single-day early in-person turnout.
Voters line up at Metropolitan Library to cast their ballots in the runoff election for the Senate position, between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican candidate Herschel Walker, in Atlanta, on Nov. 29, 2022.At least 352,953 people voted in person on Friday, bringing the total number of votes, either in person or absentee, to over 1.8 million. That number represents 26.4% of active voters.
Neither candidate clinched the 50% needed to win the general election in November, though Warnock led Walker 49% to 48%.It's the second runoff Warnock is facing after he defeated former Sen. Kelly Loeffler in January 2021 in a special election. Warnock's win, along with that of Democrat Jon Ossoff, handed Democrats majority control of the Senate.
But Republicans are hoping to keep the chamber at its current 50-50 split, while a 51-seat majority would make governing for Democrats a bit easier. On Tuesday, the previous record, over 304,700 Georgians voted. Monday also set a record for one day when over 303,000 Georgians went to the polls on the first day of statewide early in-person voting. Before the runoff, the previous single-day turnout record was 233,252, set on the last day of early voting in 2018.
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