Updated: 6:26 PM EST Dec 12, 2020 The Associated Press North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley conceded on Saturday to Republican Paul Newby in their extremely close election after two rounds of recounts saw little change in the vote margin between them.Beasley, a Democrat, said she called Newby, the senior associate justice, to congratulate him on winning their election. Click the video player above for more information about the race.“I offer my very best to him and his family as he moves into that new role,” Beasley said in a news release.Newby had led Beasley by 401 votes from almost 5.4 million ballots cast in the Nov. 3 race after a statewide machine recount was completed last week. Beasley then requested a hand recount of ballots in 3% of the voting sites in all 100 counties, chosen at random, which began this week. With all but one county yet to complete work, Newby had actually expanded his lead by 12 votes, according to state el
Jan 6, 2021 1:47 PM EDT
Georgia voters who sat out the 2016 election that brought President Donald Trump into the White House were more likely to support Democratic candidates for the state’s two open Senate seats this week, according to Associated Press VoteCast data.
Among voters who did not cast a ballot in 2016, 37 percent voted for one of the Democratic challengers, Rev. Raphael Warnock, compared to 21 percent who backed Republican incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler. Those votes contributed to Warnock’s historic win as the state’s first Black senator, and the 11th Black person to serve in the U.S. Senate.
Leading up to Tuesday’s contest, dozens of groups worked on the ground to turn out voters for their preferred candidates. Democrat Stacey Abrams, who ran in the state’s 2018 gubernatorial election, led an effort to register an estimated 800,000 voters before the 2020 presidential election. Approximately 75,000 voters registered to vote a