Allahpundit has already set up the contest between Ossoff and Handel. Here I’ll keep track of results as they come in until we have a declared winner. Polls close at 7 pm Eastern (with the exception of two polling locations that will close at 7:30 pm). The NY Times says to expect a long night.

11:10 pm: Finally, here is Karen Handel’s victory speech. At 2:30 Handel thanks President Trump and the crowd responds “Trump! Trump! Trump!” At 3:15 she thanks Steve Scalise and spends a moment talking about the need to find “a more civil way” to disagree. “In these United States of America, no one should ever feel their life threatened over political beliefs and positions,” she says.

10:58 pm: Here’s part of Ossoff’s concessions speech. Does he always sound as if he’s doing a Barack Obama impersonation?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=987gjSJa7nI

10:40 pm: Congratulations from the President and from Speaker Ryan:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/877355739383287808

Congratulations to @karenhandel on a hard-earned and well-deserved victory. #GA06 #TeamHandel pic.twitter.com/Yq24lI632c

— Paul Ryan (@PRyan) June 21, 2017

10:22 pm: Here’s how the Ossoff crowd reacted to the loss:

Chants of "this is what Democracy looks like" at @ossoff party after CNN calls it for Handel #GA06 pic.twitter.com/J558rMkYwy

— Simone Pathe (@sfpathe) June 21, 2017

10:16 pm: The AP called it a few moments ago:

BREAKING: Republican Karen Handel wins Georgia special election, avoiding major upset in most expensive House race in US history.

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 21, 2017

The NY Times has also called it.

10:10 pm: From DDHQ

Karen Handel has won #GA06 pic.twitter.com/JOL1Pd3dLx

— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) June 21, 2017

9:44 pm: Handel has a healthy lead of more than 12,000 votes. We’re still waiting on mail-in ballots which are expected to lean Democratic.

"Why haven't you guys called it yet"
Mail ins, my friends.
Mail ins.
We're waiting to see how that breaks out.
Otherwise, well, yeah.

— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) June 21, 2017

9:30 pm: Stepping away from Georgia for a moment, the NY Times has called the South Carolina election for Republican Ralph Norman. DDHQ has also called it:

We project the winner in South Carolina's 5th congressional district will be Ralph Norman (R). pic.twitter.com/BVAgaqCJmQ

— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) June 21, 2017

9:05 pm: Handel is up now according to DDHQ but still a lot of votes to count.

Karen Handel is up by almost 4,000 votes right now. Waiting for mail-ins, which could be a game changer.

— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) June 21, 2017

8:30 pm: The NY Times has Ossoff leading 59,727 to 58,862 with 4% reporting (8 of 208 precincts).

7:45 pm: First results from Decision Desk. We have a long way to go:

With our first results from Fulton County, Handel leads 51.4% to 48.6%.

— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) June 20, 2017

7:10 pm: This race is so hyped that even the weather is getting the attention of political reporters:

GA-6 is soaking wet pic.twitter.com/1tKS0nzzgO

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 20, 2017