By Jeffry Scott and Steve Visser
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Politics
July 20, 2010
Without counting the money spent by hundreds of candidates running for offices across the state this year -- ranging from county surveyor to U.S. Senate -- the numbers still add up, in some cases, in odd ways.
In some election categories, the number of candidates who are running without opposition in today's primaries is more notable than those competing for their party’s nomination.
There are, for instance, 56 state Senate districts in play this election, but only 19 of those seats are contested in the primaries, where Republicans are running against Republicans and Democrats against Democrats to win the nomination and appear on the ballot in November.
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