Latest reporting from the Elections desk.
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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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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Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff defeated Republican Rep. Mike Collins on Tuesday, Nov. 3, securing a second term in a race the Associated Press called less than an hour after polls closed. DeKalb County voters backed Ossoff and weighed in on local measures including a Brookhaven homestead tax exemption referendum.
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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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Polls are open until 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, for the E-SPLOST VII referendum, which would renew a one-cent sales tax and direct up to $946.8 million to DeKalb County School District capital projects at 152 facilities, including Dunwoody High School and Dunwoody Elementary.
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Democrat Michelle Long Spears defeated Republican Ben Pepper in the DeKalb County Commission District 2 race on Nov. 3, according to Fox 5 Atlanta reporting based on AP data. Democrats won control of Congress nationally, the AP reported.
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A lawsuit over undelivered absentee ballots in Cobb County has raised alarms about similar delays in DeKalb and Gwinnett, where the same vendor handles mail ballots. Early voting ends Friday, Oct. 30.
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Republican Greg Dolezal proposes tax cuts, expanded school choice and restrictions on corporate ownership of homes. His platform does not quantify replacement funding for proposed tax changes.
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