What Happened This Week In Washington — And Georgia

Per those same rough calculations, there are about 685,000 votes outstanding in blue counties and 350,000 votes outstanding in red counties. (Of course, not every vote in a blue county will be for Democrats and not every vote in a red county will be for Republicans.)

Indeed, Geoffrey, Warnock would be only the second popularly elected Black senator from the former Confederacy.

Amelia, that historical angle is worth remembering with Warnock’s candidacy, too, should he win. There have been 10 Black senators in U.S. history, and none have come from Georgia, even though it has one of the largest Black populations of any state in the country.