There may be hope yet for Stacey Abrams, the Democratic candidate for governor.

The Democratic Party of Georgia tweeted Saturday evening that a "handful" of Georgia counties reported thousands of "new" absentee, early, and Election Day votes not accounted for by Republican candidate Brian Kemp.

Kemp, who resigned as secretary of state on Thursday, has asserted victory even though the race has not been called and Abrams has yet to concede.



BREAKING: A handful of Georgia counties just reported thousands of new *absentee*, *early*, and *Election Day* votes that @BrianKempGA’s numbers did not account for, significantly closing the gap. #CountEveryVote #gapol — Georgia Democrat (@GeorgiaDemocrat) November 10, 2018



The latest vote tally on the Georgia secretary of state's website shows Kemp leading by more than a percentage point. Kemp had 1,975,806 votes to Abrams' 1,916,931 -- a margin of 58,875 votes -- leading 50.28 percent to Abrams' 48.78 percent. The Libertarian candidate, Ted Metz, had a mere 37,149 votes and 0.95 percent of the vote.

Earlier in the day, Kemp's campaign argued that it was "mathematically impossible" for Abrams to pull ahead or get close enough to trigger a recount, even with the remaining uncounted provisional and military ballots.

But, Abram's campaign manager Lauren Groh-Wargo shot back, saying Kemp "lied" about the numbers.



.@BrianKempGA lied that it was only provisionals left. Today, 5,569 new votes were reported- 4,804 more for @staceyabrams; most of these votes are from absentees or E-Day-in counties that were falsely labeled "100%" reported. Abrams now 21,727 from runoff. #CountEveryVote #gapol — Lauren Groh-Wargo (@gwlauren) November 10, 2018



Recounts were triggered for three close races in Florida on Saturday, including for the U.S. Senate and governor contests.