In Georgia’s gubernatorial election, one of the closest and highest-stakes races in the country, Republican Brian Kemp is ahead of Democrat Stacey Abrams by just over 75,000 votes, or 1.9 per cent of the vote, according to the most recent Associated Press figures (updated at 9.18 am EST).
Kemp has said he has a “very strong lead” but stopped short of declaring victory, and Abrams has declined to concede defeat. She has said she will wait until every vote is counted, including tens of thousands of provisional and absentee ballots.
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