Without counting the money spent by hundreds of candidates running for offices across the state this year -- ranging from county surveyor to U.S. Senate -- the numbers still add up, in some cases, in odd ways.
In some election categories, the number of candidates who are running without opposition in today's primaries is more notable than those competing for their party’s nomination.
There are, for instance, 56 state Senate districts in play this election, but only 19 of those seats are contested in the primaries, where Republicans are running against Republicans and Democrats against Democrats to win the nomination and appear on the ballot in November.
A few more numbers that will come into play today:
Total number of registered voters in Georgia: 5,736,319
Total number of voting precincts: 2,898
Total number of candidates on today’s ballot running in contested primaries
Governor: 14
U.S. Senate: 2
Lieutenant governor: 2
Secretary of state: 7
Attorney general: 5
State school superintendent: 5
Insurance commissioner: 9
Agriculture commissioner: 2
Labor commissioner: 4
Public Service Commission (District 2): 4
Number of other races involving contested primaries today
U.S. Congress: 8
State Senate: 19
State House: 52
District attorney: 3
Of course, a major factor in today's primaries is who will show up to vote. Some voters have already cast their ballots.
Early voting (as of Friday night)
Georgia: 185,065
The top five counties were:
Cobb: 11,479
Fulton: 9,632
Gwinnett: 8,741
DeKalb: 8,454
Chatham: 4,949
Georgia turnout in previous general primaries
2008: 1,011,199 (22 percent)
2006: 912,358 (21 percent)
2004: 1,386,129 (35 percent)
2002: 1,102,611 (30 percent)
Sources: Georgia secretary of state's office; League of Women Voters of Georgia; staff research
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