The Senate runoff Tuesday in Georgia underscored just how unusual the one in Mississippi a month ago really was.
Both Republican contests featured an “insider-outsider” dynamic, with veteran incumbent Thad Cochran challenged by tea party favorite Chris McDaniel in Mississippi, and 11-term Rep. Jack Kingston facing off against first-time candidate David Perdue in Georgia. Both runoffs were close, with both Mr. Cochran and Mr. Perdue (a business executive and cousin of former Georgia GOP Gov. Sonny Perdue) prevailing by a margin of just 2 percentage points.
Yet in terms of voter turnout, the Georgia and Mississippi runoffs were dramatically different. CONT.
Rhodes Cook, Wall Street Journal