Dustin Hightower won a special election Tuesday night for House District 68. He fills the remaining year of the current term vacated by Tim Bearden. (Photo Courtesy of sayednairb via Flickr.)
He won more than 55 percent of the vote in a special election runoff for the district that covers Carroll and Douglas counties, defeating Alan Martinez.
Hightower fills the remaining year of the current term. Tim Bearden vacated the seat after Governor Nathan Deal appointed him director of the Georgia Law Enforcement Training Center.
