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DEL.ICIO.USWhitehead takes early, narrow lead
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
With 18 percent of the votes counted - and they should be rolling in fast in this light-turnout affair, State Sen. Jim Whitehead holds the lead in the 10-candidate special election for the 10th District congressional seat.
But in the early going, the frontrunner looks far from bullet-proof. He’s getting about 30 percent of the vote, with Democrat James Marlow at 26 percent and Republican Paul Broun at 23 percent.
One caution: Most of these votes are coming from the Athens area, where both Marlow and Broun live.
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By Don Thieme
June 19, 2007 9:16 PM | Link to this
It seems odd to me somehow that we could wind up with a runoff between two Republicans (Whitehead and Broun) in a congressional race. Is that really how politics is being played here in Georgia these days?