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Election Day left some key Georgia races undecided

The gap between Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams has shrunk a bit
By Brian O'Shea
Nov 12, 2018

Nearly a week after the Nov. 6 Georgia general election, the race for governor was still up in the air, and a number of other races on the ballot were likely to be settled by recounts and / or runoff elections.

Runoff elections are required under Georgia law if no candidate wins a majority of the vote. The runoff election for state and local races will be Dec. 4, 2018.

A recount can be ordered for any election race in which the margin of victory was  less than 1 percent.

Among the races still to be settled as of Nov. 12:

EARLY VOTING INFO

The early voting period for the Dec. 4 runoff will be Monday, Nov. 26 through Friday, Nov. 30. Choose a link for more information about early voting in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett or another county.

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Brian O'Shea is a senior digital producer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He works with the newsroom to identify topics of interest to Atlanta readers and also works with voter guides and election results. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia and The Ohio State University Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism.

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