As of 2023, this remains the only time in history that a Republican has won re-election to Georgia's Class 2 Senate seat.

[4] A run-off between the top two Democratic contenders was held on August 5, in which Jim Martin defeated Vernon Jones.

[5] Results[10] for the first round showed that since Vernon Jones did not win a majority of the vote, a runoff was held between him and Martin.

[citation needed] Sen. Saxby Chambliss running for re-election for the first time, is a member of the Republican Party.

[17] As no candidate reached a majority on November 4, a runoff election was held on December 2, which Chambliss won.

[39] Major political figures such as former President Bill Clinton, Republican Senator and 2008 presidential nominee John McCain and his former running mate Sarah Palin campaigned in Georgia,[40] because of the election's potential to determine whether the Democratic Party could block filibusters in the United States Senate.

[44] Subsequent to the November 4 general elections, Democrats had captured 58 seats in the Senate, two shy of a filibuster-proof supermajority.

Douglas, Rockdale, Newton, McIntosh, Merriwether, Chattahoochee, Webster, and Marion counties were won by Chambliss in the runoff, after he lost them in the general.