The race has been called for Georgia’s Public Service Commission (PSC) primaries.
District 2 and 3 held primaries on Tuesday for the powerful committee that sets utility rates for the state.
This comes after nearly three years of delays due to lawsuits surrounding the statewide nature of the races. The races for the PSC ultimately stayed statewide for all five districts.
In District 2, Incumbent Republican Tim Echols was running against challenger Lee Muns.
Echols won that race, getting 77% of the vote at 66% reporting as of 9 p.m.
Alicia Johnson, a managing principal at Health Management Associates with nearly 30-years of experience in human services, health care, and economic development, ran unopposed in the Democratic primary for District 2.
Johnson will now run against Echols in the general election on Nov. 4.
District 2 covers much of the eastern border of the state including Savannah and runs up to parts of northeast Georgia including Jackson, Barrow, Banks, Madison, Hart, Elbert, and Athens-Clarke Counties.
District 3 covers Fulton, Dekalb, and Clayton Counties.
District 3 saw Incumbent Republican Fitz Johnson running unopposed.
Project director Peter Hubbard, technology and utility executive Robert Jones, and former Atlanta City Councilperson and state representative Keisha Sean Waites were all running to carry the Democratic party into the general election in November.
Waites got the most votes, but did not crack the 50% threshold needed in the state of Georgia to avoid a runoff.
As of 9 p.m., Waites had 47% of the vote with 84% reporting. In second is Hubbard with 32.5% of the vote.
Now, Waites and Hubbard will go to a runoff set for July 15 to determine who will face Johnson in the November general election.
There was particularly low turnout, with under 200,000 people voting out of over 7,000,000 active voters in the state.
