Lauren “Bubba” McDonald won the Georgia Public Service Commission District 4 runoff this week against his Democratic opponent, Daniel Blackman, after falling short of a majority in the November general election.
The Associated Press projected the incumbent McDonald as the winner Wednesday afternoon.
McDonald ran for the five-member utility regulator in a race that drew much less attention than Georgia’s two nationally watched U.S. Senate races. The Public Service Commission regulates the bills of the state’s privately-owned utilities.
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