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Why is there a runoff in Georgia??

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in General Factchecking by Novice (570 points)
I understand that Warnock won the election but why is there still a runoff??
by Genius (41.9k points)
Claims should be framed as statements, such as: There is a runoff in Georgia despite Warnock winning the majority of the votes.

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by Novice (890 points)
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There is currently a runoff in Georgia because neither of the candidates were able to get the necessary majority of the votes. The democratic nominee had 49.4% of the votes and the Republican nominee had 48.5% of the votes, so there needs to be another election to decide who won.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/10/us/elections/georgia-senate-runoff.html
by Genius (41.9k points)
This is a good answer to the claim. Also, it would be great to add a rating. I understand why there's none here because the claim is posed as a question in this instance.

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