Atlanta Rally set for Wednesday

Campaigning kicked into high gear in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff. Sen. Saxby Chambliss swept through several rallies in north Georgia. Democrat Jim Martin campaigned in and around Savannah.

John McCain will make his first foray back onto the campaign trail in Georgia as he makes a pitch for Republican Senate colleague Saxby Chambliss.

Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss, of Georgia, is rallying the GOP to save his seat. The incumbent is scheduled to faceoff with Democrat Jim Martin in a runoff vote on December 2nd. Lori Geary has more in a WJBF News Channel 6 Vote 08 report.

Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss cast his Dec. 2 runoff election as “the first race of the 2010 election cycle” and warned that Democrats eager to expand their majority in the Senate will pour money into Georgia to oust him.  Chambliss spoke to members of the Georgia House Republican
caucus Monday morning and appealed for their help to win a second term.

Richmond County taxpayers will foot $75,000 bill for December 2nd runoff.

Georgia’s U.S. Senate race could be headed for a runoff.  With thousands of absentee ballots still being counted Wednesday, Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss has fallen below 50 percent mark.  Chambliss needs 50 percent-plus-one of the votes to avoid a runoff. The Associated Press shows him with 49.8 percent of the vote.

Fifteen hours after the polls closed, there was still no clear winner in Georgia’s U.S. Senate race.  And the fate of the state’s electoral votes for President remain unknown, too.  With a huge turnout of early voters and most of those votes still uncounted, the races for President and U.S. Senate are still too close to call.  But one thing is clear: Republicans retained strong control of the Georgia Legislature.

Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss is battling for a second term, fighting a surge of Democratic voters and frustration over the economy.

You can hardly watch TV without seeing nasty, negative ads from the two U.S. Senate candidates, in Georgia. One of those candidates, Democrat Jim Martin, did a little campaigning in Augusta, Thursday morning. While he still trails Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss in the polls, the gap has narrowed, dramatically. One poll shows Martin within six percentage points of Chambliss.

The “what-if” scenario gaining currency in Georgia political circles goes something like this: After all the votes are counted on Election Day none of the three U.S. Senate candidates gets a majority.  The race heads into a Dec. 2 runoff between Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss and Democrat Jim Martin. Democrats have picked up enough Senate seats nationally to pull within striking distance of a filibuster-proof 60-member supermajority.

The battle over Georgia water was the focus of a debate between Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss and Democrat, Jim Martin. The debate aired Tuesday night on WXFG Fox 54. Chambliss asked Martin how he could support Barack Obama…when Obama has sided with Florida in the water war with Georgia.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jim Martin of Georgia is distancing himself from a Democratic campaign ad party officials in Washington are running on his behalf in Georgia. The ad says Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss supports tax hike.  In a debate Saturday sponsored by at Atlanta TV station, Martin said the ad is factually correct but he wishes it wasn’t running.