Early election results from the state of Georgia show Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney leading President Obama by a wide margin.

Unofficial election results from the Georgia Secretary of State’s office shows Romney leading President Obama 68 percent to 31 percent with less than 2 percent of counties reporting. Early election results show Congressional Jack Kingston, a Republican, leading his Democratic challenger 79 to 21 percent.

The Georgia election was widely expected to favor Romney, who had built a solid base of support early on. Arizona U.S. Senator John McCain took the state with a 5 percent margin in 2008.

The closest race on the ballot features Democratic Congressman  John Barrow, who is fighting for a fifth term representing the 12th District after state lawmakers redrew boundary lines to carve out his political base in Savannah. Early results show Barrow trailing by ten percent with less than two percent reporting.

Early results show Congressman Doug Collins, a Republican, with a large lead over Democrat Jody Cooley, an attorney. With less than five percent of the vote counted, Collins leads Cooley by a hefty 50 percent. The race for the 9th Congressional District is the newest House seat for the Peach State. Georgia gained the additional House seat from population growth recorded by the 2010 Census.

The election results come as Georgia election officials questioned whether turnout would set new records or lag due to the weather. Heavy rain in western Georgia left officials wondering whether voters would turn out in favor of Romney, who was heavily favored in the county.

Results posted on the Georgia Secretary of State’s website did not show returns for a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would allow the state to create a commission that could approve charter schools in local communities, even if local school boards oppose them.