The Georgia runoff elections Tuesday will decide two statewide offices—Secretary of State, and a spot on the Public Service Commission.
Voting is from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at your regular polling station (click here to check).
In the Secretary of State race, Republican Brad Raffensperger is facing Democrat John Barrow, a former Congressman.
In the Nov. 6 general election, Raffensperger got 49.09 percent of the vote and Barrow received 48.67 percent. Libertarian candidate Smythe Duval of Marietta had 2.23 percent of the vote.
The winner will succeed Brian Kemp, the Georgia governor-elect. He resigned on Nov. 7 and Gov. Nathan Deal appointed Robyn Crittenden to serve on an interim basis.
The PSC District 3 runoff candidates are Republican incumbent Chuck Eaton and Democrat Lindy Miller.
District 3 covers most of metro Atlanta, including Cobb County. Eaton received 49.7 percent of the vote, Miller got 47.63 percent and Libertarian Ryan Graham earned 2.67 percent.
Republicans won all other statewide offices in the Nov. 6 general election. However, Democrats got a majority of the vote in Cobb for those offices.
According to Cobb Elections, a total of 28,467 people cast ballots in advance voting last week.
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