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so this result can certainly change. but if he does, walker does pull off a win here, it would be a he very significant upset because the view among the republican establishment and everybody down in georgia who's following this race is they thought walker had very little chance of pulling this off. this would be a hyung shot in the arm for republicans if you were to pull off this upset even though it doesn't change the balance of power in the senate. but nevertheless, as republicans acknowledge here, there's a lot more vote to count. >> a lot more vote to count. but the fact that it is -- that republicans are seeing -- again, this is early. we're not even close to done covering and counting the vote. but the fact that they have that image on the screen right now is giving them a glimmer of hope despite the reality and the realistic numbers that they're seeing in the war rooms that they're texting us. >> and look, it's a tough thing for republicans to be counting on overperforming in the suburbs in this kind of environment. let's be honest. i mean, the issue for herschel

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was it all across the state? ? any specific counties? >> here's the frustrating thing for political consultants and pundits. it's everywhere. there is no dichotomy between the red counties and the blue counties. there is no good way to say who is winning and who is losing? this torturous thing of counting the votes. >> do you know approximately how many total ballots were cast in this run-off election, both the early vote and in-person election day vote? >> with the number we have, we're looking at close to 3.3 million. which is much more than any of the pundits or consultants expected. and even us as election professionals, this is xeding that turnout. we're at nearly 75 to 80% of the entire turnout for the november election, which is really huge. >> gabe sterling, john king. i appreciate your time. i know it is a busy night. you mentioned you have the early votes. the election day vote. and you say you see no

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republican governor, brian kemp, who has been trying to help herschel walker in this run-off. what are you hearing from kemp's camp? >> reporter: i think jeff zeleny said that on purpose. he knew i was standing here. it's possible about the early voting, when i was in georgia in recent weeks interviewing governor kemp, i asked him about those republican efforts from the attorney general here. the republican officials in the state who pushed back on that attempt by warnock to get that extra day of early voting, that saturday, remember, after thanksgiving. he actually disagreed with that. he said he thought that was a distraction to push back on that. he said there should have been early voting allowed on that day. we'll see if that affects the number that we see tonight when we're measuring what the early vote looks like compared to the votes today. and that is a message that came from kemp. he pushed a very different message than walker did on the campaign trail in the general election. they were hoping some republicans, in these last four

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the incumbent senator is only ahead by 43,000 plus votes right now. and john king, we were saying this in the early part of the night when warnock was up so significantly that it was going to tighten even more now with 55% in. he's up 43,000 votes. and it is shrinking. >> a little more than 2 points. it was 3 points. it is a little more than a 2-point race. georgia is a very competitive state and there is a very competitive race. the early vote, senator warnock took a big lead. this is mostly what you're seeing. the early vote. we're around 12, 13, 14% of the total vote count. that number is changing as i'm speaking. especially these smaller rural counties are counting their votes. not a ton of votes in coffee county. 69, 70%. that's what he needs to do in this swath of red that you see.

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with 57% of the estimated votes in. >> we'll have a couple hours of this. a couple hundred votes hear, a couple thousand there. you watch it play out. and there is what he's working on. the percentage, the key thing is. what happens to the lead as the percentage of the election day vote starts to catch up? >> it's happening right now. we have the early vote. most of what we're seeing is the early vote. but we said it was around 12%, 13% is election day vote. i am certain in the couple minutes we've been watching, even that percentage has gone up. which is why a, walker is getting closer. but as it gone up? >> and a month ago it started with the warnock lead. then walker took the lead. they see-sawed back and forth until warnock ended the night with a slight lead over walker. we don't know what will happenism would not be surprised if we had the see-saw back and forth, back and forth.

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preelection ballots, early vote? >> reporter: i can tell you, there is strong optimism about the election day vote. even they know that will not be alone to defeat rafael warnock. i just spoke to a top republican official in georgia who had these really stark words about the republican party's view of early voting. this official tells me this. if republicans want to start winning here, we've got to get over the suspicion of early voting. of course, no place more than georgia has been really a wash in these suspicions of early voting and election day shenanigans, et cetera, since the nevada 2020 election because of former president trump. but again and again, in election after election, elections that have been run very smoothly, these suspicions remain. even throw the walker campaign worked very aggressively to get out the the early vote, herschel walker did ads on this. other officials did as well. there's a sense that the early vote has a dramatic benefit for

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i ixt. i have a key race for you. rafael warnock currently lead with 55.3% of the vote over republican herschel walk we are 44.7% of the vote. warnock ahead roughly 155,000 votes as of now. but still, me than half the vote has yet to come in. let's remember what there is all about. the balancof power in the u.s. senate. democrats currently have 50 seats including one pick-up in pennsylvania. republicans have 49 seats. one seat remains outstanding. that is this seat in georgia which will determine the balance of power. let's go to jeff zeleny at herschel walker's campaign headquarters. what are you hearing from republicans about the vote, particularly about the

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that couldn't win. we would be trying to make our party better. so right now you're in a better position because you're being forced to rethink. we have to rethink as well. >> we have about 53% of the vote counted in georgia. 4 points ahead. rafael warnock is holding a slim lead as the race is tightening. stay with us as the next batch of votes is counted. i see an amazing place.

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we expect most to get to the 2.5 million mark, it will slow down some and it depends on what is out and how the turnout was today. we have record turnout today. record turnout in the early voting. record usage of absentee ballots. so the people in georgia were very excited to vote. and one thing i was very proud of with all of our voters, nobody was discouraged from voting. nobody said i feel like my side will already win or already lose. everybody wanted to get out and vote. >> so you had record early voting in this total or just day to day record early voting? >> we had record early voting for a mid-term runoff. like blew doors on that. we had more people vote early in the mid-term runoff than voted in the entire mid-term runoff four years ago. >> oh, wow. you said that it also looks like georgia in-person voting today, in-person voting, probably would beat the election day vote from november. where was that?

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the bigger the circle as you wait for more. the color is who is leading right now. no guarantee those leads stay. you see most of the vote is in atlanta in the suburbs. and at the moment, senator warnock is leading. if you're just looking at that, you think, okay, most of the outstanding vote is here. we're leading as a source of optimism. you're leading because they counted most of the early votes so far. we'll have to see what happens in the election day vote. republicans believe they will win and overwhelmingly in the election day vote. that's what they need. they need to win that. you see the pockets. we talked earlier about atlanta in the suburbs. then more to the urban areas. north of atlanta, that's where we are. more democratic votes. they're small circle in these small counties. but as we've learned, they can add up. so if you come in and you turn that off and look at where we are. >> flair overed again. 31,000 votes. warnock only up 31,000 votes

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