Georgia Democrats lost the 2016 election…in 2015
The votes were counted last November, but Democrats lost Georgia more than a year ago. In 2016, Democrats fielded the fewest candidates in decades (or as far back as records show). For the third cycle in a row, Democrats failed to contest enough seats in the state House of Representatives to even win back the chamber if everything broke their way. Likewise for the chamber across the hall, where Democrats fell two short of contesting