MSNBC.com: National Journal (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
... back Jim Martin, his Democratic challenger, 57-43 percent.The absence of Libertarian candidate Allen Buckley, whose 3-percent showing in last month's general election likely denied Chambliss the majority needed to avoid the runoff, and of Obama's boost to black turnout was key. Obama invested heavily in Georgia during the general election and gave Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., quite...
Snowflakes in Hell (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Saxby Chambliss received 49.8% of the vote on November 4th. His Democratic rival, Jim Martin, received 46.8%, with 3.4% going to the Libertarian candidate Allen Buckley. Last night was the runoff election between Chambliss and Martin, which both sides dumped a lot of resources into, including NRA into helping Chambliss retain his Senate seat. Chambliss [...]
Masson's Blog (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
There are still two undecided Senate seats from election 2008: Georgia and Minnesota. There was a run-off today in Georgia between Saxby Chambliss, the incumbent Republican and Jim Martin, the challenging Democrat. In the general election, Libertarian Allen Buckley kept either candidate from getting 50%. In Georgia, that means a run-off vote between the top [...]
Bradenton.com: Politics (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Chambliss and Martin both fell short of the 50-percent threshold in a three-way general election race with Libertarian candidate Allen Buckley, who drew 3.4 percent of the vote. It's Georgia's first Senate runoff since 1992, when Democratic Sen. Wyche Fowler was upset by Republican Paul Coverdell.
Senate Guru - Front Page (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Two weeks ago, Georgia's 2008 Libertarian Senate nominee, Allen Buckley, answered a couple of policy questions for the Senate Guru community, the answers of which suggested major discontentment with Republican Saxby Chambliss and potentially even a preference for Democrat Jim Martin. Along those lines, Buckley provides us with the quote of the (run-off election) day : "I have not...
Political Insider | ajc.com (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Allen Buckley, the defeated Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate, has been reluctant to endorse either the Democrat or Republican in the U.S. Senate runoff. But Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr has no qualms. According to the web site Crazy for...
American Election 2008 (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
On November 4th the three-way race for the Georgia U.S. Senate seat between Jim Martin, incumbent Saxby Chambliss and Allen Buckley ended with none of the candidates having reached 50% of the total vote. Under Georgia law, a special runoff election has been scheduled for December 2nd between Martin and Chambliss. President-elect Barack Obama recently released [...]
Third Party Watch (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
One reason for [Chambliss’s failure to get a majority]: Libertarian Party candidate Allen Buckley’s presence in the race. Buckley received nearly 3.5 percent of the vote, running almost 100,000 votes ahead of Libertarian presidential nominee Bob Barr—even though Barr had served as a Republican congressman from Georgia and polled as high as 8 percent statewide in the presidential...
Obama HQ (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
On November 4th the three-way race for the Georgia U.S. Senate seat between Jim Martin, incumbent Saxby Chambliss and Allen Buckley ended with none of the candidates having reached 50% of the total vote. Under Georgia law, a special runoff election has been scheduled for December 2nd between Martin and Chambliss. President-elect Barack Obama recently released a radio ad expressing his...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... short of the 50-percent threshold in a three-way general election race with Libertarian candidate Allen Buckley, who drew 3.4% of the vote. It's Georgia's first Senate runoff since 1992, when Democratic Sen. Wyche Fowler was upset by Republican Paul Coverdell.Chambliss is seeking a second term after winning in 2002 against Democratic Sen. Max Cleland in a campaign that infuriated...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... short of the 50-percent threshold in a three-way general election race with Libertarian candidate Allen Buckley, who drew 3.4 percent of the vote. It's Georgia's first Senate runoff since 1992, when Democratic Sen. Wyche Fowler was upset by Republican Paul Coverdell. Chambliss is seeking a second term after winning in 2002 against Democratic Sen. Max Cleland in a campaign that infuriated...
XXL Magazine (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... failed to cross the 50 percent threshold in the three-way race in which Libertarian candidate Allen Buckley scooped about 3 percent of the vote, thus extending the race. With their partisan effort, the rappers urged voters to hit the polls again.“We won the battle,” Jeezy said, referring to Barack Obama’s victory in the presidential race. “Now it’s time to win the war. Vote for Jim...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... short of the 50-percent threshold in a three-way general election race with Libertarian candidate Allen Buckley, who drew 3.4 percent of the vote. It's Georgia's first Senate runoff since 1992, when Democratic Sen. Wyche Fowler was upset by Republican Paul Coverdell.Chambliss is seeking a second term after winning in 2002 against Democratic Sen. Max Cleland in a campaign that infuriated...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... short of the 50-percent threshold in a three-way general election race with Libertarian candidate Allen Buckley, who drew 3.4 percent of the vote. It's Georgia's first Senate runoff since 1992, when Democratic Sen. Wyche Fowler was upset by Republican Paul Coverdell.Chambliss is seeking a second term after winning in 2002 against Democratic Sen. Max Cleland in a campaign that infuriated...
StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Chambliss and Martin both fell short of the 50-percent threshold in a three-way general election race with Libertarian candidate Allen Buckley, who drew 3.4 percent of the vote. It's Georgia's first Senate runoff since 1992, when Democratic Sen. Wyche Fowler was upset by Republican Paul Coverdell.
