Metro Atlanta Voters Choosing Open Legislative Seats

Crowded ballots mean it’s likely some Georgia races Tuesday won’t have an outright winner who gets more than 50 percent of the vote. Runoff elections are scheduled for Dec. 5.

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Voters in Georgia had no shortage of choices on Tuesday’s ballot as they considered who should be Atlanta’s next mayor and how to fill vacancies in the Georgia Legislature.

Nearly a dozen candidates are competing to succeed term-limited Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. Also on ballots are 34 candidates for nine seats in the state House and Senate that came open after incumbent lawmakers around the state decided not to finish the final year of their terms.