Both of Georgia’s U.S. Senate seats had elections on November 3. In special elections, there are no party nominees, and so for the short term, it was already obvious that there would be a run-off in January, because each major party had multiple candidates, so no one came close to 50% of the vote.

But the other seat, the regular term, is a standard election with party nominees. The Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian Parties had nominees on the November ballot. As more ballots have been counted in Georgia, it is apparent that no one got 50% in that race either. The Libertarian Party nominee is getting 2.4%, and although Republican incumbent David Perdue is leading, he is slightly under 50%.

It is somewhat likely that without the two Georgia Senate races decided until January, no one will know until January which party will hold control of the U.S. Senate.

This story explains that over half of all Alaska ballots still haven’t been counted. The uncounted ballots are the postal ballots. Therefore, it is too early to know if the top-four initiative passed or not.

Currently top-four has 81,048 in support, and 105,161 against.

On November 3, independent candidate Keith Higgins was elected Prosecutor in the Brunswick Judicial Circuit of southeast Georgia. See this story. The race is a partisan race. The only two candidates on the ballot were the incumbent Republican, and Higgins. Higgins needed approximately 3,000 signatures to get on the ballot in this five-county district. That is 5% of the number of registered voters in the district.