Did Ossoff win or not?

[orangecrush]

All I can get from any news channel is this "too close to call" bullshit, with no mention at all of who is currently leading.

It is 6:45 in the damn morning.

It also seems like there is a corporate clampdown on publicizing Ossoff's win, if that is what happened, and I'm guessing it is.

[Cattledog]

1. Ossoff up 16,000 votes

majority left to count are metro Atlanta and Savannah.

[orangecrush]

4. Thank you

[alfie]

2. He is ahead by 16K plus votes

Should be able to sustain the lead in a recount.

[orangecrush]

5. Thank you!

[OnDoutside]

3. He's over 16K ahead with largely Dem votes to come in. Only question is whether he can get to

0.5% lead which kills the automatic recount. Main batch of 8,000 mail in votes won't be counted until later this afternoon.

[orangecrush]

7. Thank you!

Absolutely no mention of these facts on NPR or elsewhere.

[underpants]

10. Thanks. Good info.

[Roland99]

6. 50% bigger margin than Biden had over twitler!

[orangecrush]

8. Thanks!

[honest.abe]

9. He won.. news orgs just being cautious.

Wasserman declared him winner late last night.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1346681326934650880

[ProfessorGAC]

12. Watching CNN Right Now

They're essentially calling it, though.
They're saying he's x thousand ahead, but many votes still to be counted are from blue regions, so they expect the lead to grow.
While they're still not outright declaring, they aren't acting like there's a chance he won't win.
They're focusing on the automatic recount threshold, not on the outcome itself.

[honest.abe]

13. Yeah looks like the only thing in doubt is the auto recount.

Hope he clears 0.5 but even so it won’t really matter. We got the Senate back.. amazing!!

[obamanut2012]

16. He should clear .5

[honest.abe]

22. Yes looks that way, but I suppose Perdue will request a recount.

So seems we will be heading for a recount no matter what.

[obamanut2012]

25. I'm sure he will tie this up as long as he can

Because he is a jerk.

[yardwork]

21. Biden gained votes in the November recount.

Recounts very rarely change outcomes. Despite Trump's lies, this election was fair and accurate. (Other than the vote suppression that hurts Democrats from the start, by preventing lots of people from voting.)

[honest.abe]

24. Right.. just delays the inevitable.

But its fine, Im willing to wait a few more days to fully celebrate.

[Silver Gaia]

11. I've been watching all night.

On MSNBC and CNN, Ossoff currently has about a 16K lead. We are waiting on more votes in Democratic strongholds around Atlanta. They will start counting again in those places this morning and should be done by early afternoon. The vote is currently 98% in.

I just saw Kornacki live about a half hour ago on Morning Joe. He said Ossoff should end up with a lead of at least 20K, which should put him beyond the recount threshold, but that depends on how many votes Perdue gains. Perdue will not be able to win with what is left to count and report, but he could gain enough to keep Ossoff below the .5 threshold for a recount.

Ossoff WILL be the winner. It will just take a little more time to get the remaining votes counted and reported. Everyone is waiting for that. Hope that helps! No worries! We got this!

[Cha]

20. Mahalo for that report, Silver Gaia!

[duforsure]

14. Without a clear cut number of ballots left, and where they're coming from,

They can't call it yet. I bet it's getting pretty close if the areas left on CNN are right . The separation for Ossof is still growing, so another 8-10,000 in his favor maybe what they're waiting on.

[obamanut2012]

15. Yes, and it would have been called for him by 11:30 PM if he was GOP

He won. He will have over 20K votes as a margin when everything is counted.

[Chainfire]

17. Maybe, but no one wants to get the call wrong so it is better for them to remain on the fence.

[PCIntern]

18. There is no question.

[uponit7771]

19. +1

[blitzen]

23. Yep, called last night by Cook Political Report and Decision Desk. n/t

[gratuitous]

26. His current lead is larger than Biden's margin of victory

Daily Kos, which has pretty good analysts, has looked at the remaining votes to be counted (DeKalb and Fulton Counties), and feels that Ossoff will win handily.