ATLANTA (AP) Runoffs are set for two races in the Georgia state House of Representatives and one in the state Senate after candidates failed to earn more than 50 percent of votes in their districts.
Runoff elections are scheduled for Dec. 3, state elections officials said.
Retired veteran Brian Prince is headed for a runoff with former municipal worker Diane Evans to represent District 127 in the Georgia state House.
Prince won about 44 percent of votes during the special general election while Evans won about 29 percent of votes. The Democratic candidates are vying to replace Quincy Murphy, D-Augusta, who died in August. The district includes Jefferson and Richmond counties, near Augusta.
Republicans Chuck Efstration and Teresa Cantrell are set for a runoff to represent District 104 in the state House.
Efstration, a former prosecutor, won about 38 percent of the votes while Cantrell, a former Gwinnett County planning commissioner, won about 26 percent. The district covers parts of Gwinnett County and candidates are vying to replace Donna Sheldon, R-Dacula, who's running for U.S. Congress.
Republicans Bruce Thompson and Matt Laughridge are headed into a runoff to represent part of northwest Georgia in the state Senate.
Thompson, a Cartersville businessman, won about 33 percent of votes in the District 14 race while Laughridge, also a local businessman, won about 25 percent of votes.
District 14 of the Georgia State Senate covers areas of Bartow, Cherokee and Cobb counties. Candidates are vying to replace Barry Loudermilk, R-Woodstock, who resigned to launch a campaign for U.S. Congress.
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