Clinton wins Cobb by 6,800 votes in loss of Georgia
Hillary Clinton won over Cobb County's voters in her loss to Donald Trump in the state of Georgia.
The fourth-most populated county in the state voted soundly Republican last election.
This time, Clinton won Cobb by 6,814 voters, according to the county elections website with all precincts reporting at 11:58 p.m.
In all, 326,424 people voted in Cobb. With 161,112 of those votes coming during early voting, Libertarian Gary Johnson earned 14,406 votes.
Clinton supporters throughout Election Day were confident she'd win not on the state but the whole election.
ELECTION 2016
About the Author
Ben Brasch is the reporter tasked with keeping Fulton County government accountable. The Florida native moved to Atlanta for a job with The AJC. If there's something important to you going on in Fulton, he wants to know about it. Help him better metro Atlanta by dropping a line, anonymously or otherwise.
