![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/georgia-run-off-election-ready-to-switch-off-from-politics-not-here/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/127592221_georgia_getty.jpg&description=Image source, Getty ImagesThree days after the US voted, most of America is ready to switch off from politics. That's not an option in Georgia, where the next high-stakes election campaign is already under way. "It feels like we have elections every other month!" Libby Hickson's response probably reflected how many in the state felt when they learned that their contest for US Senate was going to a second round. But as she cheered at a campaign rally for Democrat Raphael Warnock on Thursday, the 51-year-old native of Marietta said she was fired up to vote again on 6 December. She even planned on volunteering at a local precinct. News of the run-off elicited a range of responses, from excitement, to resignation, to a dark humour about having to endure four more weeks of politicking. Scott Strickland just wanted the ads to stop. For the past several months, the 59-year-old grocery store owner from Gainsville, Georgia, has been bombarded with "nasty" political advertisements for this year's US Senate race. On the car radio. On the TV. Before YouTube videos."You just get a real bad taste in your mouth, from both sides," said Mr Strickland, a conservative who voted for the Republican Herschel Walker and planned to do so again next month.In Tuesday's midterm election, Mr Warnock came within a few thousand votes of outright victory. He won 49.4% of the vote, while his Republican opponent garnered 48.5% (a libertarian candidate received 2.1% of the votes). "We all knew this election was close," Mr Warnock told dozens of poncho-clad, umbrella-wielding supporters who weren't letting a mild Atlanta downpour dampen their spirits. "But I've done this before. We've done this before! We know how to win a run-off!"The crowd cheered him on with chants of "One more time! One more time!"Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Warnock thanks supporters on election nightThey say history repeats itself, but rarely does it do so on such a brief timetable.Less than two years ago, in Januar){kind=link}
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Three days after the US voted, most of America is ready to switch off from politics. That’s not an option in Georgia, where the next high-stakes election campaign is already under way.
“It feels like we have elections every other month!”
Libby Hickson’s response probably reflected how many in the state felt when they learned that the contest for US Senate was going to a second round.