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"Math is on our side," Republican candidate Brian Kemp said when he spoke to his supporters early Wednesday morning.
He's right – Kemp has a narrow lead over his Democratic opponent, Stacey Abrams – but that might not be enough. Not in Georgia.
The State of the Fishing is one of many states that require a second round if no candidate wins the majority of votes in a primary election. But Georgia is unique in also applying this rule to the general.
If the absolute majority is not reached, Abrams and Kemp will meet again on December 4 – as part of a resumption of fierce fighting marked by accusations of racism and repression of voters. It would be the governor's first race to demand a second round, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.
While Kemp only reached 51% while reported votes approached 3.8 million, according to the Associated Press, the Abrams campaign said that there were too many outstanding ballots to attest to a result. Abrams, addressing to supporters, notably highlighted the mail ballots and provisional ballots that he had not yet counted because she refused to admit.
"There are voices waiting to be heard," she said.
But as Greg Bluestein of the Atlanta Journal Constitution has observed, the flows in Georgia have tended to favor Republicans. After former Sen. Saxby Chambliss had a majority against Democrat Jim Martin in 2008, the Republican President easily defeated him in a second round. Further back, Republican Paul Coverdell toppled Wyche Fowler, Democratic Senator, in 1992.
But Abrams was already fine-tuning his speech Wednesday morning for a next faceoff, addressing voters who may not have supported him the first time.
"You're going to have a chance to give it a try," she said.
A second round could further complicate Kemp's role as a candidate in an election he is tasked with overseeing as Secretary of State for Georgia. He faced a backlash when his office announced this weekend that he had opened an investigation into the Democratic Party's state for attempted "hacking." He did not provide any evidence to accompany this announcement.
Deanna Paul contributed to this story.
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