Former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin stopped in Augusta, Monday morning, stumping for Senator Saxby Chambliss in Tuesday’s runoff with Democrat Jim Martin.

Former GOP Vice Presidential candidate, and current Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin will visit Augusta Monday December 1st to campaign for U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss.  Governor Palin will cover several Georgia cities Monday, but Augusta is her first stop at 8:30 a.m.

It is the most talked about runoff this year.  Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss and his opponent Jim Martin will soon hit the polls to see who will take the Georgia Senate seat which is up for grabs.  Saturday Senator Chambliss came through Evans in an effort to get more voters.  WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop had a chance to talk with him and has more.

Sen. Saxby Chambliss is fighting a subpoena by a Savannah attorney who’s suing Imperial Sugar on behalf of victims of the deadly February explosion at its Georgia refinery. Chambliss spokeswoman Michelle Hitt Grasso says federal law and Senate rules make the Republican senator immune from giving a deposition in the case.

Early voting is under way in most counties in Georgia. Voters will cast ballots beginning Monday in the runoff for the U.S. Senate race between Republican Saxby Chambliss and Democratic challenger Jim Martin.

Chants of “Huck-a-bee” greeted former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee as he led a rally for the “fair tax” in Georgia aimed at helping Sen. Saxby Chambliss in his runoff bid.  Several thousand Georgians crowded into the Gwinnett Center Sunday afternoon for a raucous event that also featured radio talk show host Neal Boortz, one the most vocal boosters of the “fair tax.“

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.