Democrats worry a wave of early voters in runoffs for the governor’s office and U.S. Senate could flip a Gwinnett County-based state Senate district just as lawmakers prepare to convene for a special session.
Out of nearly 350,000 ballots cast statewide during early voting as of Friday morning, over 65% came from Republicans, who are outvoting Democrats by a 2-to-1 margin due to competitive GOP primary runoffs for the U.S. Senate and the governor’s mansion. In Gwinnett County, where Senate District 7 sits, about 19,000 ballots have been cast as of Friday morning, and like the rest of the state, about two-thirds came from Republican voters.
“There are headwinds. There is no denying that there are definite headwinds to close this gap,” said Democratic candidate Adrienne White, who is facing Republican Aizaz Shaikh in the special election runoff for the metro Atlanta Senate seat.
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