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Georgia Republicans Celebrate Their State Going Red Again

“Tonight, Georgia Republicans are united in total victory,” state GOP chair Josh McKoon told the crowd at Trump’s victory party in Georgia.

Trump speaks at a campaign rally at McCamish Pavilion.
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta, GA. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP

BUCKHEAD, GA — When Georgia was unofficially called for Donald Trump, the chandeliers in the Grand Hyatt’s ballroom literally shook.

Georgia Republicans have been waiting eight years to celebrate their state going for a Republican president again, and when Chair Josh McKoon announced that Decision Desk HQ had called it for Trump, the crowd here made the moment count.

(The race was officially called by the Associated Press about two hours later.)