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Chambliss Expected to Hold Ga. Senate Seat
Freshman Sen. Saxby Chambliss, a strong social conservative, was narrowly defeating former Democratic state legislator Jim Martin in a race to the wire. With 97 percent of the vote counted, Chambliss was at 51 percent. Martin’s liberal positions — pro-abortion, pro-civil unions, pro-gay adoption — proved too extreme for most Georgians, and Chambliss was a strong favorite heading into the election.