Georgia Election Live: Morning Results and North Atlanta Updates

Wednesday morning, Nov. 4: Democrats have swept Georgia’s statewide executive races, including Josh McLaurin’s victory for lieutenant governor. New reports below cover the morning vote totals, close North Atlanta legislative contests and preliminary commission outcomes in Fulton and Gwinnett. Returns remain unofficial, and unresolved races are identified in each update.

Keisha Lance Bottoms has won Georgia’s governor’s race, becoming the first Black woman elected governor in U.S. history, the Associated Press projects. Jon Ossoff has also won a second term in the U.S. Senate. Read our standalone story on Bottoms’ historic victory and follow election-night developments in the live reports below.

Nov. 3, shortly after 7 p.m. ET | Ossoff and Bottoms lead in early returns

Fulton and Gwinnett helped put Democrats Jon Ossoff and Keisha Lance Bottoms ahead in the first unofficial returns from Georgia. The Secretary of State’s dashboard showed 13 of 159 counties reporting in both races shortly after polls closed Tuesday.

In the U.S. Senate race, Ossoff had 520,317 votes (72.63%) to Republican Mike Collins’ 196,043 (27.37%). In the governor’s race, Bottoms had 486,918 votes (68.04%) to Republican Rick Jackson’s 228,670 (31.96%).

In the state’s 7:08 p.m. county breakdown, Ossoff led Collins 274,486 to 63,109 in Fulton and 175,017 to 62,303 in Gwinnett. Bottoms led Jackson 257,166 to 79,567 in Fulton and 164,809 to 72,501 in Gwinnett.

These figures reflect an early count from election night. Most counties were still absent from the statewide totals at that point.

Correction: An earlier update relied on a pre-close dashboard snapshot. The state posted unofficial returns after polls closed.

To see local contests, choose Fulton, Forsyth or Gwinnett from “Go to County Page” on the state dashboard. You can also check the election offices in Fulton, Forsyth and Gwinnett.

Returns are unofficial until certified. For an explanation of why early leads can shift as different groups of ballots are added, read our guide to Georgia’s election-night count.