Due to a state law that requires federal candidates to get at least 50% of the vote in the general election, Georgia has runoffs for both its Senate seats. That includes more than $200 million already spent on the general election as well as the money from PACs and independent outside groups. “It’s national money and it’s national attention,” said Kerwin Swint, chair of the political science department at Kennesaw State University. In the general election, Democratic Senate candidates outspent Republicans in North and South Carolina, Maine, Iowa and Montana -- and lost each race. It has been difficult to get Georgia voters out for runoffs, and Republicans have fared better, said Charles Bullock, a University of Georgia political science professor.
