Georgia early voting tops 2.5M ahead of Tuesday midterms

So one of the things that where we are saying this is a lot of going to the ballot boxes on Tuesday. We've seen that cost of living is top of mind for so many people. Their election day is Tuesday. Big races here across. Well, here in Georgia, but also across the country as well. Early voting ended on Friday and we saw a huge number. So, uh, 2000. Voters cast ballots on Thursday. That's not including Friday's number. So, so far, 2.5 million people. If you also add in 11,000 absentee ballots, I'm working to get you the updated numbers from the Secretary of State's office, just early voting in general. In general. So these numbers voted in 2022, and again, you still have Friday, so it will exceed the early voting numbers that we have seen. Big races that are taking place here, you're looking at John Ossoff, and you're also looking to the right, that is Mike Collins. They have been... On the campaign trails throughout this weekend, he's making a final push for voters tomorrow. Today, as he has pit stops in Atlanta, he plans to meet with supporters at the Georgia GOP headquarters in the morning. And after that, he will speak with the media. He is running against incumbent Senator John Ossoff, who is. Going across, we saw him at Grant Park over the weekend. He was door knocking as well, and he is taking to the streets for all of this. So, again, you have John Ossoff, who is the incumbent, but you also have Mike Collins, as they have been very busy throughout the week. Let's go to the gubernatorial race. With, uh... Keisha Lance Bottoms and Rick Jackson, both of them, spending their weekends out on the campaign trails there. Jackson will close out his campaign final with a rally today. He'll also have an event tomorrow. Keisha Lance Bottoms has been a full day of events in Macon, Warner Robins, and Dublin. It is a tight race between Keisha Lance Bottoms, who was the former mayor in Atlanta, and businessman Rick Jackson there. A toss-up. It's too early to tell in any of these races. We want to be very clear with that. We do have seen Ossoff in a slight lead against Mike Collins there. But, again, anything can happen on Election Day. We still have days to go there. And, of course, Fox 5 has you covered. If you have questions about any of the candidates, if you have questions about the election sites, your polling things, head to our website, fox5atlanta.com, for the latest in that.