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Chambliss slips further below the 50 percent mark
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In the yet-to-be resolved U.S. Senate race, Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss is now 16,895 votes short of the magic 50-percent-plus-one mark that would let him avoid a runoff with Democrat Jim Martin.
For Chambliss, the 50-percent gap has increased more than 800 votes since Friday morning, though the overall percentages have not: Chambliss, 49.8 percent; Martin, 46.8 percent; and Libertarian Allen Buckley, 3.4 percent.
Here’s the latest on the tardy Fulton County vote.
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