Republican Nathan Deal Wins Re-Election in Georgia Governor's Race

Sarah Jean Seman | November 04, 2014 11:11 PM

Republican incumbent Nathan Deal overtook Democrat State Sen. Jason Carter in the Georgia gubernatorial race.

BREAKING: GOP Nathan Deal wins election as governor of Georgia. @AP race call at 11:06 p.m. EST. #Election2014 #APracecall
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 5, 2014

The final Public Policy Polling showed Deal up 47 to 43.

Deal, 72, has served as Georgia’s governor since 2011. While Jason Carter, 39, accused Deal of being entwined in ‘Washington politics,’ Carter himself received help from his grandfather: former president Jimmy Carter.