What Went Down During The 2021 Elections

Some results of interest to Atlanta residents: In the mayoral race, City Council President Felicia Moore has 46 percent, City Councilman Andre Dickens has 24 percent and former Mayor Kasim Reed has 16 percent, with a little more than 5,000 ballots counted. And in the World Series, the Braves lead the Astros 3-0 in the third inning.

To Sarah’s point, I do think Virginia provides more evidence that maybe increased political engagement (turnout) is here to stay — at least for the short term. That’s relatively speaking, of course: As Sarah said, turnout in Virginia is down from 2020, which is how Youngkin was able to win in a blue-ish state. But that’s very normal for an off-year, non-presidential election. Turnout in Virginia is up relative to more comparable contests.

With only a few straggler mail ballots left to count in the Democratic primary for Florida’s 20th District, the race between establishment-aligned Holness and progressive outsider Cherfilus-McCormick is too close to call: