Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), forced into a runoff when neither he nor his Democratic opponent, Jim Martin, received a majority of the vote on Nov. 4, has won re-election.

With about 90 percent of the precincts reporting, Chambliss, seeking a second term, has about 59 percent of the vote. In last month's initial contest, Chambliss led Martin by 110,000 votes but fell just shy of winning a majority (49.8 percent), as required by state law; a third-party candidate siphoned off about 3 percent of the vote.

Chambliss' victory in a state won by John McCain on Nov. 4 ends Democratic hopes of achieving a filibuster-proof majority of 60 seats. Democrats will hold 58 seats in the 111th Congress, with results in one other state, Minnesota, still to be determined.

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