US--Senate-Georgia, ADVISORY

EDITORS:

The race for U.S. Senate in Georgia between incumbent GOP Sen. David Perdue and Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff is too early to call.

As of 9:45 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Ossoff had a lead of 17,025 votes out of nearly 4.4 million counted, or a margin of less than 0.4 percentage points.

There were still some mail ballots and in-person early votes left to be counted statewide, the majority of which are in Democratic-leaning counties.

Under Georgia law, a trailing candidate may request a recount when the margin of an election is less than or equal to 0.5 percentage points.

The AP, Washington