Billionaire businessman Rick Jackson and Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones will go one more round in the Republican primary for Georgia governor, with the pair outlasting six other candidates on Tuesday and advancing to a June 16 runoff.
Jones had 37% of the vote and Jackson had 35% as of 8:40 p.m., when the Associated Press called the race. A runoff is triggered in Georgia when no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote.
Jones, who comes from a wealthy Georgia family, has contributed $19 million to his campaign. But billionaire Rick Jackson, a health care tycoon, put in more than $83 million of his fortune into the race.
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