Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Some Close Races Expected Today

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today for Georgia’s Democratic and Republican primaries as well as several other elections.

By Charles Oliver
The Dalton Dailey Citizen
Local News
July 20, 2010

The tops of both tickets are crowded, with seven candidates for governor on each side.

A poll released over the weekend by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research showed former secretary of state Karen Handel in first place in the Republican race for governor with 29 percent, state Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine in second place with 22 percent and former U.S. representative Nathan Deal in third with 20 percent. But the poll had a 5 percent margin of error, meaning the top three candidates were essentially in a tie.

None are likely to get more than 50 percent of the vote, so just a few votes could determine which two make the August runoff.

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