Georgia live election results for the 2024 presidential race

Trump has won in Georgia, CBS News projects, securing the state's 16 electoral votes.

Votes are still being counted in the Southern battleground state, but with 97% of jurisdictions reporting, Trump is leading by 2.3 percentage points.

Trump's victory in Georgia comes four years after he lost to President Biden by fewer than 12,000 votes, an outcome that prompted him to unsuccessfully pressure state officials to "find" the votes needed to win. 

Both Trump and Harris visited Georgia multiple times in the weeks leading up to the election, particularly in the wake of Hurricane Helene, which devastated portions of the state. 

Trump criminal case: Georgia is at the heart of former President Donald Trump's attempt to overthrow the 2020 election. On Jan. 2, 2021, Trump called Raffensperger and other election officials, asking them to "find" 11,780 votes — or "one more vote than we have." Fulton County, Georgia, district attorney Fani Willis charged Trump and 18 others with election interference, although the case is currently halted. Trump has denied wrongdoing.

Abortion: Georgia has a six-week abortion ban that went into effect after the 2022 Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v Wade. Since then, the state's Supreme Court has upheld the measure, despite efforts by pro-abortion rights groups. Vice President Kamala Harris has campaigned on the issue in the state, especially after the deaths of two women. An investigation found that the women's deaths were preventable but were hindered by the state's abortion ban.

There aren't any big-ticket races in Georgia this year. Firebrand Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who represents a district in north Georgia, is in a safe red district.

Both of Georgia's Senate seats flipped Democratic in a special runoff election on Jan. 5, 2021, which Trump had campaigned extensively ahead of time to keep in GOP hands. Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock was elected to finish a term, and he was reelected in 2022. The other Democrat, Sen. Jon Ossoff, will be up for reelection in 2026.

Trump tried to support primary challengers to Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in 2022, but they ultimately prevailed. 

Graham Kates is an investigative reporter covering criminal justice, privacy issues and information security for CBS News Digital. Contact Graham at [email protected] or [email protected]