ATLANTA — Runoff elections might be eliminated in Georgia after they brought three straight U.S. Senate victories for Democrats and long lines during early voting.
Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Wednesday that the General Assembly should pass a bill to scuttle future runoffs in Georgia, a rare state that still sends elections into overtime when no candidate wins a majority in the first round of voting.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock won a full term against Republican Herschel Walker in a runoff last week after the senator led a three-candidate race in the initial general election. Two years ago, Warnock and Democrat Jon Ossoff also won runoffs to give Democrats a majority in the Senate, though Republican candidates had historically been victorious in previous runoffs.
