Key results from Tuesday’s election in Georgia.
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TOP OF THE TICKET
Republicans held onto an open U.S. Senate seat in Georgia and kept a GOP incumbent in the governor’s office, despite aggressive Democratic challenges.
Businessman David Perdue won 53 percent of the vote for Senate against Democrat Michelle Nunn after months of high-stakes campaigning and negative messaging. Nunn’s TV ads describing his record of outsourcing failed to counter his promises to create jobs. His campaign closed with ads associating Nunn and President Barack Obama with Islamic State terrorists and Ebola carriers.