The special election to fill Georgia’s State Senate District 22 seat vacated by Ed Tarver. In this corner.  Harold Jones…the former Richmond County Solicitor on the left…and in this corner…Hardie Davis on the right…the former state representative who left that position…to fun for this position. One will be the voice of north and eastern Richmond County under the gold dome in Atlanta. And the winner is Davis with 55-percent of the vote.  Light turnout…only about 14 percent of registered voters braved the wet weather. WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop reports.

It’s the race for a seat on Georgia’s State Senate. Former state representative Hardie Davis and former Richmond County Solicitor Harold Jones are locked in a battle for the District 22 seat. Count on our Fraendy Clervaud for more on the story.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she lacks the votes to push the Senate’s sweeping health overhaul bill through the House, a potentially devastating blow to President Barack Obama’s signature issue.

Eighty percent of the precincts in Richmond County were open Tuesday for the Georgia Senate District 22 special election. Many of those polling places saw a low voter turnout.

It’s decision day in District 22. The four candidates who are vying to replace Ed Tarver in the seat were out campaigning Tuesday for last minute votes.

Memory cards in seven voting machines were unintentionally left in Atlanta precincts Tuesday night, in a poll worker error that election officials say is not expected to affect the outcome of any race.

For Augusta commission District 1, a runoff will be scheduled between Matt Aitken and William Fennoy.  They were the top vote getters Tuesday night.  For District 3, Joe Bowles is the winner.  In District 5, William Lockett edges out former commissioner Bobby Hankerson.  And in District 9, it’s a solid win for J.R. Hatney with just over 98 percent of the vote.  On the school board side, Patsy Scott will take over for her late husband, longtime educator and board member Joe Scott.  Steve Smith wins re-election as Marshal.

The Ferguson Extreme Kitchen Contest is over…more than 200 people submitted their entries, and more than 6,000 of you voted online for your favorite. WJBF News Channel 6’s Mary Morrison has more with the winner.

President-elect Barack Obama has asked Democratic senators not to stand in the way of an additional $350 billion in bailout funds, calling the money essential to helping the troubled economy.

Presidential electors are gathering in Atlanta and other state capitals across the country to cast the votes that will formally elect Barack Obama as president.

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.

The day Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain have been campaigning for the last 24 months has finally arrived…Election Day 2008. We will have the latest results from the polls, once they close. We will be covering national, state, and local races that are important to CSRA residents.