Latest reporting from the Elections desk.
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Rep. Esther Panitch won re-election to House District 51 with 64.4% of the vote, and Kevin Abel captured the open Senate District 14 seat with 62.7%, giving Sandy Springs two Democratic voices in the Georgia General Assembly based on unofficial results.
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Maggie Goldman unseated incumbent Bridget Thorne in District 1 and Jodi Merriday won District 3 on Nov. 3, giving Sandy Springs two new Democratic county commissioners focused on property taxes and public safety.
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The victories put new leaders in charge of policy – and raise a harder question for the political establishment: whose judgment about viable candidates deserves to be trusted?
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Democrat Katherine E. Juhan-Arnold won the Georgia agriculture commissioner race over incumbent Republican Tyler Harper by 318,239 votes, with all 159 reporting units counted, according to unofficial results from the Georgia Secretary of State.
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Democrat Penny Brown Reynolds defeated Republican Tim Fleming on Nov. 3 to become the first woman of color to hold the office of Georgia secretary of state, taking charge of elections for all Georgia voters.
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Lydia Powell, who taught in DeKalb County schools, defeated incumbent Richard Woods to become Georgia's first Democratic state school superintendent in more than 30 years, according to the Georgia Recorder. Democrats also appear poised to flip the Georgia House.
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Republican Rep. Rich McCormick defeated Democrat Tony Kozycki with 191,539 votes to 149,323 in the Georgia 7th Congressional District race, a margin of 12.4 percentage points, according to unofficial results from Georgia Secretary of State.
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Democrat Josh McLaurin won the Georgia lieutenant governor race over Republican Greg Dolezal with 55.9% of the vote, according to unofficial results from Georgia Secretary of State with all 159 reporting units counted.
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Democrat Tanya Miller defeated Republican Brian Strickland in the Georgia attorney general race, winning 55.5% to 44.5% with all 159 reporting units counted, according to unofficial results from the Georgia Secretary of State.
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Democrats break Republican strongholds in Senate and governor races. Dems likely to control both chambers of Congress.
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Cobb, DeKalb and Fulton are among six Georgia counties listed for federal election monitoring as the DOJ announces approximately 1,000 monitors and observers across all 50 states.
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Democrat Kevin Abel held a wide lead over Republican Michael Dvorscak in unofficial results for Georgia State Senate District 14 with all precincts reporting. The AP had not called the District 14 race as of publication.
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