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PRIMARY RESULTS: Georgia - March 2
Democratic Presidential: Open primary
102 total delegates* -- 86 tied to March 2 primary

State Information: 15 electoral votes
4,529,252 registered voters -- voters do not register by party
This page represents results, including delegate count, reported immediately after each state's contest. More >
RACE STATUS CANDIDATE VOTES VOTE% DEL PRECINCTS LOCAL EXIT POLL
Georgia
updated: 11:03 a.m.,
March 12
 Kerry 288,448 47%45 100% reporting results by county voter survey results
  Edwards 256,832 41%41
  Sharpton 38,476 6%0
  Dean 11,126 2%0
  Kucinich 7,617 1%0

 Georgia has 86 pledged and 16 unpledged delegates. Of the 86 pledged delegates, 56 are district-level delegates (based on results of a given district's binding primary), 19 are at-large delegates and 11 are "party leader and elected official" (PLEO) delegates. Of the 16 unpledged delegates, 14 are PLEO delegates and two are add-ons selected by state Democratic committee members on May 22, 2004.
• For more about the delegate selection process, click here.
• How does CNN project winners in races? Click here.
• Exit polls are a survey of selected voters taken soon after they leave their voting place. Pollsters use this sample information, collected from a small percentage of voters, to track and project how all voters or specific segments of the voters sided on a particular race or ballot measure. For more on how to read exit polls, click here.
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