Republican David Perdue was able to win the necessary amount of votes to win the Georgia race for U.S. Senate and avoid a runoff on Tuesday night.
The race was called for Perdue by CNN and NBC at 10:54 PM.
When those two networks had called the race Perdue was leading Nunn 56.45 percent to 41. 57 percent.
Perdue needed to get more than 50 percent to avoid a runoff against Nunn.
Even if Nunn had made it to the runoff, she would have had a steep hill to climb. In her concession speech, Nunn alluded to hopes among Democrats that a push to register more black voters would pay off. But observers said those efforts were likely to pay off farther down the line.
“But we built a foundation that needs to be cultivated and it needs to be built upon,” Nunn said.