Metro Atlanta residents returned to the polls Tuesday for runoff elections for six races in the City of Atlanta and DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties.
Races in which no candidate received more than 50% of the votes during the November general election headed to runoff elections.
Atlanta
Eshé Collins, an Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education member and attorney, beat former school administrator Dr. Nicole Evans Jones for the Atlanta City Council Post-3 At-Large seat. Collins garnered 60% of the vote to Jones’ 40% with all precincts reporting in DeKalb and Fulton counties.
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