Georgia Politics, Campaigns, and Elections for November 3, 2022

John Willis Menard became the first black man elected to Congress on November 3, 1868 from the Second District of Louisiana. Menard’s election opponent challenged the results and prevented Menard from taking his seat, though in defense of his election Menard became the first black man to address Congress.

On November 3, 1913, details of the federal income tax were finalized and published after the ratification earlier in the year of the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Bacon, Barrow, Candler, and Evans Counties were created on November 3, 1914 when voters approved Constitutional Amendments – prior to these Amendments, Georgia was limited to 145 counties. On the same day, Carl Vinson was sworn in to Congress from Georgia, becoming the youngest member of Congress at the time. Vinson would eventually become the first Member of Congress to serve more than fifty years. Vinson’s grandson, Sam Nunn would serve in the United States Senate.

The Chicago Tribune published the infamous “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline on November 3, 1948. Ultimately, Democrat Truman won 303 electoral votes to 189 for Republican Dewey.

Laika, a female Siberian Husky mix who was found stray on the streets of Moscow, was launched into space aboard Sputnik 2 on November 3, 1957.

On November 3, 1964, Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson was elected President over Republican Barry Goldwater.

On November 3, 1970, Jimmy Carter was elected Governor of Georgia.

Democrat Cynthia McKinney became the first African-Amercian female elected to Congress from Georgia on November 3, 1992.

On November 3, 1998, Democrat Thurbert Baker was elected Attorney General and Michael Thurmond was elected Commissioner of Labor, becoming the first African-Americans elected to statewide executive office in Georgia.

One World Trade Center opened on November 3, 2014, more than thirteen years after the 9/11 attacks.

Georgia Politics, Campaigns, and Elections

From the Secretary of State’s Absentee Voting Database:

Total ballots cast: 2,101,448

Total mail ballots cast: 199,391

Total in-person ballots cast: 1,899,389

In-person October 17, 2022: 134,809

In-person October 18, 2022: 135,220 *

In-person October 19, 2022: 127,863 *

In-person October 20, 2022: 123,020

In-person October 21, 2022: 141,712

In-person October 22, 2022: 80,321

In-person October 23, 2022: 18,132

In-person October 24, 2022: 133,424

In-person October 25, 2022: 125,735

In-person October 26, 2022: 119,616

In-person October 27, 2022: 112,099

In-person October 28, 2022: 139,488

In-person October 29, 2022: 93,702

In-person October 30, 2022: 24,139 *

In-person October 31, 2022: 131,068

In-person November 1, 2022: 124,561

In-person November 2, 2022:134,366

In-person undated: 112

Total Electronic ballots cast (overseas and military voters): 2,668

Outstanding Electronic ballots (issued, not cast): 4,359

Outstanding Mailed ballots (issued, not cast): 81,495

* current number is lower than previously reported for this date.

Note: In Person numbers do not add up as one voter in Glynn County is recorded as having voted in person on 10/13/2022, when early voting was not open, and one voter in Pickens County is recorded as having voter in person on November 25, 2022.