Georgia voters on Tuesday rejected incumbent mayors in Savannah, Albany and three Atlanta suburbs in runoff elections.
Valdosta’s mayoral race remained too close to call, while former Sylvester Mayor Bill Yearta defeated fellow Republican and former Leesburg Mayor Jim Quinn in a special election for a state House seat in southwest Georgia.
In Savannah, longtime Alderman Van Johnson easily defeated one-term Mayor Eddie DeLoach, winning about 62% of the vote. In Albany, lawyer Kermit “Bo” Dorough appeared to have denied a third term to incumbent Mayor Dorothy Hubbard by a margin of about 300 votes.
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