In a mild surprise, businessman David Perdue narrowly bested Rep. Jack Kingston to win the runoff election in Georgia for the GOP senate nomination. The tally was 50.9% for Perdue and 49.1% for Kingston - outside the margin that would trigger an automatic recount. Perdue rode his "outsider" image to victory, despite some unforced errors. In the end, the mostly self-funding Perdue convinced voters he was the man to go to Washington and help fix the fiscal mess we're in. Politico: The general election is likely to be a costly battle between two candidates running as “outsiders,” despite their politicallypowerful families. Democratic nominee Michelle Nunn’s father, Sam Nunn, represented Georgia in the Senate for 24 years. Perdue’s first cousin, Sonny Perdue, was the state’s first Republican governor elected since Reconstruction, serving two terms from 2003 to 2011. With Kingston’s defeat, Nunn has lost her chance to run...(Read Full Post)