Georgia GOP Runoff Results Start After 7 p.m. ET as Trump, Kemp Endorsements Reshape 2 Races
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 16
Georgia GOP Runoff Results Start After 7 p.m. ET as Trump, Kemp Endorsements Reshape 2 Races
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 16
Summary
Georgia’s Republican runoff returns begin arriving shortly after polls close at 7 p.m. ET, though a clear statewide picture may not emerge until later in the night.
May’s primary showed why: early rural-heavy returns favored Mike Collins in the Senate race and Burt Jones in the governor’s race before later-reporting Atlanta-area counties narrowed those gaps.
More than 30% of the May vote came from metro Atlanta, where Senate candidate Derek Dooley led in Fulton, Cobb and Gwinnett; his margins and turnout there are central to whether he can offset Collins’s strength elsewhere.
Trump’s late endorsement of Collins and Gov. Brian Kemp’s backing of Jones could shift runoff coalitions, with Tuesday’s two-candidate contests testing how voters realign as turnout typically drops from the primary.