ATLANTA – Republican challengers are leading Democratic U.S. Reps. Jim Marshall and Sanford Bishop of Georgia in early election returns Tuesday.
Unofficial results show Republican Austin Scott of Ashburn leading Rep. Marshall of Macon with 20 percent of precincts reporting. Republican Mike Keown (COW-en) of Coolidge was leading Rep. Bishop of Columbus with 18 percent of precincts reporting.
Early returns also show a tight race between Democratic Rep. John Barrow of Savannah and Republican Ray McKinney of Lyons with 27 percent of precincts reporting.
Elsewhere, an Associated Press analysis of early returns show Republican Mark Woodall of Lawrenceville winning his race to succeed his old boss, retiring Rep. John Linder.
The AP analysis also showed GOP Reps. Jack Kingston, Paul Broun and Lynn Westmoreland winning re-election, along with Democratic Reps. John Lewis and David Scott.