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Georgia State Senate Race Heads to Runoff
LeMario Brown led with nearly 37% of votes in a six-candidate race; Republicans split the remaining 63%, prompting a runoff election on Feb. 17.
- LeMario Brown, a Democrat and former Fort Valley councilman, and Steven McNeel, a Republican and Macon trial attorney, advanced to a Feb. 17 runoff after Brown received nearly 37% in the six-way special election for Georgia State Senate District 18.
- The seat became vacant after former state Sen. John F. Kennedy resigned to run for lieutenant governor, and a runoff was required because no candidate received 50% plus one under Georgia runoff rule.
- Republicans split 63% of the vote among five candidates, with Steven McNeel at 21.29% and Eric Wilson at 20.25%.
- District 18's voters across six counties will return to the polls in four weeks to fill one of four vacant seats in the General Assembly.
- Brown, the lone Democrat, advanced amid a split GOP field of five Republican candidates, with Democratic Party of Georgia Chair Charlie Bailey calling it momentum while Georgia Republican Party Chair Josh McKoon criticized outside spending and said Democrats failed to gain ground.
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