12:34 a.m.: Cobb County has called several local elections. Lisa Cambell has won the election for State House District 35, defeating Robert Trim with 55.3% of the vote. Incumbent JoAnn K. Birrell has won re-election in the County Commission District 3 race, defeating challenger Christine Triebsch with 59.05% of the vote.
11/9/2022, 12:19 a.m.: The Senate race between Warnock and Walker remains neck and neck heading into Wednesday. Currently, they’re tied at 49% with 89% reporting. Should neither candidate receive 50% + 1 of the vote tonight, the race will head to a run-off election between Warnock and Walker on Dec. 6.
11:54 p.m.: Kay Kirkpatrick has won re-election to the State Senate in District 32, which covers much of North and Central Cobb County. With 92% of precincts reporting, she currently holds 53.83% of the votes.
11:30 p.m.: Locally, AP has called the U.S. House District 11 race. Incumbent Barry Loudermilk has won re-election over challenger Antonio Daza.
11:13 p.m.: ABC News is reporting that Stacey Abrams has conceded to Brian Kemp. At this time Kemp holds 54% of the vote with 75% reporting. Kemp has been re-elected for his second term as Governor of Georgia.
10:08 p.m.: In Cobb County, the State Senate District 32 race still has Kirkpatrick ahead with 51.83% of the vote at 64% reported. State House District 35 has not changed since the last update, with Campbell having a 57.15% lead. In the County Commissioner District 3 race, Birrell’s lead has increased to 58.06%, with now 65.38% of precincts reported.
9:43 p.m.: With 61% of votes reported state-wide, Warnock and Walker are virtually tied. Warnock has a 49.4% lead, while Walker comes in at 48.9%. Kemp pulls ahead in the Governor’s race, with a 52.9% lead over Abrams, who currently has 46.4% of votes. In U.S. House District 11, Loudermilk pulls ahead of Daza with 61.2% of the vote.
Elsewhere in Metro Atlanta, Marjorie Taylor Greene wins re-election in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District. Lucy McBath has been re-elected in Georgia’s 7th Congressional District, despite being the current representative for the 6th Congressional District. Dekalb County has not reported any votes at this time but is expected to lean blue when they do.
9:30 p.m.: Cobb County has released more results. With 30.26% reporting, U.S. House District 11 still shows a slight lead for Daza, with 51.46% of the vote. Incumbent Loudermilk currently has 48.54% of votes. The State Senate race has 44% reporting, with incumbent Kirkpatrick still holding a 51.02% lead. Bennett is coming in with 48.98%. State House District 35 has 20% reporting and Campbell leads with 57.15%. In the County Commission District 3 race, Birrell still leads with 57.25% of the vote at 48% reporting.
8:52 p.m.: With 45% reporting state-wide, Warnock’s lead has shrunk to 50%, while Walker improves to 48.2%. In the Governor race, Kemp now leads with 52.8% of the vote, while Abrams falls to 46.7%. District 11 has 24% reporting, and Daza still leads Loudermilk with 52.7% of the vote. The AJC is reporting that all Georgia voting precincts closed at 7:45 p.m. local time.
8:26 p.m.: The first votes out of Cobb County have been counted. House District 11 has Daza with a slight lead over incumbent Loudermilk, with 53.93% of the vote. In State Senate 32, incumbent Kirkpatrick leads Bennett with 52.3% of the vote. State House has Campbell leading Trim with 56.52% of votes. For Cobb County Commissioner District Three, Birrell leads with 55.24% of the vote.
7:47 p.m.: At 14% reporting, Warnock is still leading with 58.3% of the vote. Walker trails at 40.2%, while Oliver comes in at 1.5%. Abrams leads the Governor race at 54.9%, with Kemp currently at 44.6%. The Atlanta Journal Constitution warns that final election results may not be known tonight as many people are still in line across Georgia, and millions of absentee ballots still need to be counted.
7:10 p.m.: (Statistics from the Associated Press) With 1% reporting, Warnock leads with 55.1% of the vote, while Walker has 46% of the vote. Kemp leads with 50.3% of votes, and Abrams has 49.2%. Other races have no reported results yet.
6:25 p.m.: While polls are still open for a little over half an hour, exit polls have begun to pop up. NBC News reports that 2 in 3 voters believe Herschel Walker does not have good judgment, while 51% said Raphael Warnock had good judgment.
44% of voters also said that Warnock was “too extreme” compared to Walker, who got 39% of the vote.
11/8/2022 4:20 p.m.: The 2022 Midterm elections are underway, and in Georgia, there are several races receiving national attention.
The Senate race between Democrat incumbent Raphael Warnock, Republican Herschel Walker and Libertarian Chase Oliver has been watched closely, as the seat could determine which political party controls the Senate moving forward.
In 2020, Warnock won the seat against Republican Kelly Loeffler. He and Senator Jon Ossoff became the first democrats elected to the senate from Georgia since Zell Miller in 2000.
The gubernatorial race between Republican incumbent Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams is also being watched closely. In the 2018 election, Kemp and Abrams both ran with the deciding votes being only 54,723 in Kemp’s favor. Should Abrams win in 2022, she would be the first Democrat governor of Georgia since 2003.
Locally, there are several elections within the Kennesaw State area to be watched tonight:
U.S. House District 11: Republican incumbent Barry Loudermilk against Democrat Antonio Daza. Loudermilk has held office since 2015, while Daza is a Venezuelan business owner in Buckhead.
State Senate District 32: Republican incumbent Kay Kirkpatric and Democrat Sylvia Bennett. Kirkpatric has held the office since 2017, while Bennett is a social worker and published author currently based in Canton, Georgia
Georgia House of Representatives District 35 (Acworth and Kennesaw): Democrat Lisa Campbell is facing Republican Robert Trim. Campbell is a strategic business consultant from Cobb County, while Trim is a commercial real estate agent based in Kennesaw and a graduate of Kennesaw State.
Cobb County Commission, District 3: Incumbent Republican Joann K. Birrell and Democrat Christine Triebsch. Birrell is a 27-year resident of Cobb County and has held office since 2010. Triebsch is a family law trial attorney and 25-year resident of Cobb County.
Polls will be open until 7 pm local time, with anyone in line by then eligible to vote. This blog will be updated as results begin to come in throughout the night.
