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Wed., January 4, 2012 8:40am
Dustin Hightower will take his seat in the Georgia House as the District 68 representative. He won more than 55 percent of the vote in a special election runoff Tuesday night. He defeated Alan Martinez in the district that covers Carroll and Douglas counties.
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Wed., November 9, 2011 7:22am
Three of the state's four legislative special elections Tuesday are headed to a runoff, with no candidate in those districts getting a majority of the votes needed to win. Meanwhile, Valdosta voters decided not to merge their school system with the county, and Bibb voters passed their SPLOST.
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Wed., June 22, 2011 9:56am
Republican Chuck Williams and Democrat Dan Matthews will meet in a runoff for an open seat in the state House of Representatives. Williams, an Oconee County tree farmer and former banker, led the field of four candidates in a special election Tuesday with 39 percent of the 3,920 votes cast for the northeast Georgia seat.
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Mon., June 20, 2011 10:15am
The mayor of Columbus says a special election on Sunday alcohol sales is unlikely to happen in her city this year.
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Thu., May 26, 2011 1:01pm
Some cities and counties around the state are wrangling over putting the issue of Sunday alcohol sales in front of their voters. The main reason they may hold back this fall—is all about budget.
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Tue., February 8, 2011 5:25pm
Voters in three Southeast Georgia counties have until Friday to cast their votes during the "early voting" period for a special election. County election officials, however, say the problem is that few people have voted and it's costing them money to staff the "early voting" booth.
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Fri., May 7, 2010 8:26am
Early voter turnout for a special election to replace Congressman Nathan De
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Tue., March 23, 2010 7:44am
Governor Sonny Perdue has set April 27th as the date for a special election
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Tue., February 2, 2010 11:56pm
Hardie Davis is a new state senator. Yesterday voters in Augusta picked Dav
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Wed., January 6, 2010 4:28pm
Voters in an Augusta senate district will be without representation for at