Chris Carr won a narrow victory to remain Georgia attorney general on Tuesday, defeating Democratic upstart Charlie Bailey by about 120,000 votes out of 3.8 million cast.

The Associated Press declared Carr, whom Gov. Nathan Deal appointed to the post in 2016, the victor at 2:23 a.m. Carr had 51.6 percent of the vote, while Bailey had 48.4 percent, according to the Secretary of State website at 5 a.m.

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