The Cobb Board of Elections will conduct a recount into one of the closest legislative races in the state this year, in Georgia House District 37.
The district includes part of Northeast Cobb, as well most of the city of Marietta and some of west Cobb.
The recount was requested by Republican State Rep. Sam Teasley (pictured), who according to results certified Monday by Cobb Elections lost to Democrat Mary Frances Williams by 137 votes.
According to official numbers, Williams received 11,928 votes (50.34 percent), to 11,755 votes for Teasley, or 49.61 percent.
Teasley, first elected in 2010, is a real estate agent who works out of the Atlanta Communities office on Roswell Road in East Cobb.
Williams is a first-time candidate who has been a children’s advocate at the Georgia General Assembly. Her late father was the mayor of Marietta and served in the legislature.
According to Cobb Elections Supervisor Janine Eveler, her agency will conduct the recount at its offices on Whitlock Avenue in Marietta. The Cobb Board of Elections, which is appointed, is tentatively set to meet to certify the recount at noon Friday, according to county spokesman Ross Cavitt.
More election coverage
- Democrats make inroads in East Cobb
- McBath edges Handel in Congressional race
- Sweeney ousted from Cobb school board
- East Cobb Election Guide
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