Runoff Provision News Today

>> hey, brian. and some new news on the governors race in georgia. obviously, one of the most closely watched in the country. brian kemp, the republican secretary of state, leading in the poll by one point over stacey abrams. keep in mind though that there is a third candidate here, the libertarian ted metz getting 4%. and why is that so crucial is because georgia is sort of unique among states. they have a runoff provision in governors races. if neither kemp nor abrams gets 50% in november, if ...

Georgia, sort of unique among states. they have a runoff provision in governors races. if neither kemp nor abrams gets 50% in november, if metz gets a few points, keeps them both under 50%, there is a runoff. and in the race, the intensity, the high interest in it, we may be seeing a bit of a ripple effect in two congressional races in georgia. democrats trying to pick up 23 seats. heres a blast from the past. about a year, year and a half ago, a special election in georgia, the suburbs north of...

States. they have a runoff provision in governors races. if neither kemp nor abrams gets 50% in november, if metz gets a few points, keeps them both under 50%, there is a runoff. and in the race, the intensity, the high interest in it, we may be seeing a bit of a ripple effect in two congressional races in georgia. democrats trying to pick up 23 seats. heres a blast from the past. about a year, year and a half ago, a special election in georgia, the suburbs north of atlanta, ossoff, democrats po...

Along with jeremy peters. guys, good morning. steve, how can kemp not recuse himself if this goes to a recount? >> the argument hell make is there is sort of an automatic trigger for a recount. if that happens, the secretary of states office, he would say we saw chris kobach trying to make this argument earlier on, the secretary of states office is not nearly as involved in that. its more of a local matter. but obviously this issue is overtaking this race. the other thing, though, that comes to ...