Most legislative races are pretty anti-climatic by the time general election voters cast a ballot in the fall, and that is by design.
The state Legislature has power to determine the boundaries of its own districts, and they tend to do it in a way that protects the party in power. That leads to a lot of races where only the incumbent runs or a long-shot candidate from the other party steps up and gets a small slice of the total vote.
But when a state gets closer to 50-50, like Georgia is getting, districts that were mostly safe become less safe.
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