The wildest race on Georgia’s Nov. 3 ballot (click here) is a 20-way, winner-take-all special election to fill the last two years of the term of retired U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson. Kelly Loeffler was appointed to temporarily fill the seat, but the law requires a special election.
There’s no primary, just everyone on the ballot at once. Five Republicans signed up to challenge Loeffler, as did six Democrats and eight candidates from smaller parties or no party at all.
With 20 people in the race and the rules requiring 50% of the vote to declare a winner, it’s almost certain the top two candidates with the most votes in November will contest in a runoff on Jan. 5 -- two days after all the other members of the next U.S. Senate take the oath of office....