Why does Georgia not hold their run-off until January 6th?

I guess holding the run off later ensures a lot of outside money will come in to try to turn the election which could decide the party in power.

Amnesty happens, Nunn may lose by 10% or more.

The president is waiting until the day after the Louisiana runnoff to announce.

The Unions and Dem's didn't want a campaign going on during their Christmas holiday time, so they moved it to January. The Teachers Union, state employees, and Dept. of Education all wanted it moved past Christmas.

A little recent history regarding the state of Georgia and a runoff election.

Just six years ago, they had one for the Senate seat. It was held on December 2nd, 2008.

Republican Saxby Chambliss defeated Democrat Jim Martin in that runoff.

Here's the kicker:

In the November 4th general election, Chambliss got 49.8% while Martin received 46.8%. (Libertarian Allen Buckley got 3.4%). So, a 3% lead by the Republican going into the runoff.

Four weeks later, Chambliss absolutely destroyed Martin, 57.4% to 42.6% - a 14.8 point win.

The last poll for that runoff was a PPP poll released 2 days before the vote, showing Chambliss up by 7 points, half the total he won by.

No candidate gets over 50 percent of the vote

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not only that, but they start handing out committee seats. especially crazy if we are at 49 dems + independents and 50 republicans. party in power getting chairmanships, if still waiting for Georgia, then talk about crazy times in DC

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Gonna be a shitty holiday in these parts...

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Wouldn't that cause Ga's winner to have less seniority that everyone else in his class? Not too bright.

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This is Georgia we're talking about here