In Georgia, one of the few states holding July elections, voters are heading to the polls for runoff elections on Tuesday. Two Republicans — Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and Secretary of State Brian Kemp — are facing off in a tight race to be the GOP nominee for governor (Republican Gov. Nathan Deal is term-limited out). Whoever wins Tuesday’s primary will face Democrat Stacey Abrams, who already won her primary in May. The governor’s race will be one of the most closely watched in the country; Abrams would make history as the first black woman governor if she wins in November. Beyond the governor’s race, there are two congressional races worth watching: Georgia’s Sixth and Seventh Congressional Districts. The Sixth is the same district where Democrats poured millions into Jon Ossoff’s failed campaign against Republican Rep. Karen Handel last year, while the Seventh is another district where Democrats would like to flip the seat currently held by Rep. Rob Woodall. Polls close at 7 pm Eastern. Vox has live results below, powered by Decision Desk. Georgia governor: Republican Brian Kemp beats Casey Cagle, will run against Democrat Stacey Abrams in November Update: Decision Desk has called the race for Brian Kemp. It was a close race between Republican frontrunners, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and Secretary of State Brian Kemp. Cagle was more than 10 points ahead of Kemp in an earlier May primary, but President Donald Trump recently endorsed Kemp via Twitter, which may have given him an edge. Cagle and Kemp are both Georgia state officials, so it could be argued they’re both part of the state’s Republican establishment. But like in many other Republican races, the runoff become a race to see who was the most conservative and Trump-like. Whoever wins will compete against Democrat Stacey Abrams, the former state House minority leader whose campaign has Democrats across the country excited. Abrams already won her May primary. If she prevails against Kemp in November, she could be elected the first black woman governor in America. Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District: gun control activist Lucy McBath will challenge Rep. Karen Handel in the fall Update: Decision Desk has called the race for Lucy McBath. Two Democrats — gun control activist Lucy McBath and businessman Kevin Abel — faced off to see who would challenge incumbent Republican Rep. Karen Handel, who was elected to Congress in 2017. McBath won a close race on Tuesday night. Coming on the heels of Trump’s election, Georgia’s Sixth was supposed to be Democrats’ great hope of flipping a conservative district last year, but it turned into a big, expensive failure. It’s still a conservative district that the Cook Political Report rates Lean Republican, but McBath thinks she has a shot at flipping it to blue. McBath is making gun control a huge focus of her campaign; her son was shot and killed in 2012, which eventually spurred her to run for Congress. It could be a big test of whether the issue will win Democrats votes in a wealthy, educated suburban district. Abel, a white immigrant from South Africa, argued that McBath’s focus on gun control would lose her votes and said he was in a better position to appeal to voters and take on Handel. That theory will be tested in November. Georgia’s Seventh Congressional District: a long-shot pickup opportunity for Democrats Update: Decision Desk has called the race for Carolyn Bourdeaux. Two Democrats — Georgia State professor Carolyn Bourdeaux and tutoring business founder David Kim — competed to be the nominee. Bourdeaux will run against Republican Rep. Rob Woodall, in office since 2011. Georgia’s Seventh District is likely more of a long shot for Democrats; Cook rates it Likely Republican. Trump won this suburban district in 2016 by a little over 6 points, but Democrats view Woodall as a potential target (albeit a reach). Besides her experience in higher education, Bourdeaux previously served as the director of Georgia’s Senate Budget and Evaluation Office, and is hitting Woodall particularly hard on health care and his vote supporting Obamacare repeal in the House. Kim, a first-time candidate, said he wouldn’t support House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi in her bid for House speaker if elected to Congress. He dumped more than half a million dollars of his own money into his campaign, while Bourdeaux won the endorsement of Emily’s List, a progressive group that works to elect Democratic women who support abortion rights.<doc-sep>Cagle began to dip in the polls after that recording was aired; Hill would go on to endorse Kemp as the candidate who “won’t sell public policy to the highest bidder.” And Tippins wasn’t done, wounding Cagle again with audio of the front-runner saying that Kemp was running to be the “craziest” candidate in the race.<doc-sep>David Shafer and Geoff Duncan are tied in a runoff to determine who will face Democrat Sarah Riggs Amico this fall. Don't tell the two men who are tied to become GOP nominee for lieutenant governor that every vote doesn't count. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Geoff Duncan was leading state Sen. David Shafer by less than 1,500 votes, effectively putting both men at 50 percent. Once the Georgia Secretary of State certifies the election, whoever finishes second has the right to request a recount within five days, almost a certainty given the importance of becoming the state's No. 2 elected official. Either Duncan or Shafer will face Democrat Sarah Riggs Amico on Nov. 6 in the race to replace Casey Cagle, who lost a bid to become the GOP gubernatorial nominee Tuesday night against Brian Kemp. Shafer and Duncan finished first and second, respectively, back on May 22, while Amico defeated her primary opponent. The race between Shafer and Duncan took a nasty turn late in the campaign, with both candidates launching a series of negative, attack ads on the other. The lieutenant governor's position is widely seen throughout the state as a launching point for higher office, including governor, U.S. senator and Congress. Cagle became the state's first Republican lieutenant governor in history 12 years ago.<doc-sep>
But Kemp got the coveted endorsement of President Donald Trump, something some watching the close race called a "game changer." Vice President Mike Pence rallied with Kemp on the campaign's final weekend. The winner of the runoff faces Democrat Stacey Abrams in November. Lieutenant governor Two Republicans face off for the nomination to be the next lieutenant governor after neither was able to secure a majority of the vote in May's primary. Former state Rep. Geoff Duncan of Cumming and state Sen. David Shafer of Duluth are going head to head after a three-way race in May. Duncan is running as an outsider after serving five years in the state House of Representatives. Shafer, who has served 16 years in the Senate, has racked up hundreds of endorsements, including one recently from Deal. The winner will face Democrat Sarah Riggs Amico, a business executive and first-time candidate. In addition to presiding over the Senate, the lieutenant governor will be in a position to take a leadership role in shaping the state’s policy. Secretary of state Voters will select between two Republicans in the runoff for secretary of state: former Alpharetta Mayor David Belle Isle and state Rep. Brad Raffensperger. The office takes on greater significance this year because Georgia is considering replacing its 16-year-old electronic voting machines with a system with a paper backup. The secretary of state will likely be responsible for overseeing the state’s purchase and implementation of such a system. The job also includes overseeing business regulations and professional licensing. The winner of the Republican runoff will face Democrat John Barrow, a former U.S. congressman, who won his primary in May. How to vote in Georgia’s primaries Election hours: Polling places are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on July 24 for the Republican Party and Democratic Party primary runoffs. Where to vote on Election Day: Look up your voting information and view sample ballots on www.mvp.sos.ga.gov or through the GA SOS app for Apple and Android cellphones. Who can vote: Any registered voter in Georgia can vote in the runoff election. Georgia has open primaries, which means voters can choose either party's ballot without having to register with that party. However, if you voted in one party's primary on May 22, you must vote in that runoff on Tuesday. Voters who didn't vote in May can vote in either runoff. Voter ID: Bring photo identification, such as a Georgia driver's license, a state-issued voter identification card, a valid U.S. passport or a valid U.S. military photo ID.