What Happened This Week In Washington — And Georgia

Some more small counties are more or less done counting (we think — all of this is based on pre-election estimates of what turnout will be). Ben Hill County is Loeffer +24 and Perdue +23 after being Trump +26. Franklin County is Loeffler +71 and Perdue +71 after being Trump +69. The evidence keeps pointing to a photo finish.

I’m sure y’all are watching the NYT needles and we don’t need to tell you about them, but for what it’s worth, they now show both races as “tilting” toward the Democrats. And the interesting thing is that they started from an assumption that the races were tied, rather than the polls that showed a very slight Democratic lead. But it’s very early.

The Senate actually isn’t the only office on the ballot today in Georgia: A seat on the state’s Public Service Commission is also up for grabs. The PSC regulates utilities in Georgia and has generated controversy for authorizing power shutoffs amid the pandemic. Right now, the Democrat is leading that race 52 percent to 48 percent, the same margin as both Senate races. So the same party will probably will all three elections today.