Candidates head for a runoff in north metro state Senate race

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3. Here are the latest numbers

https://georgiarecorder.com/2025/08/26/live-results-for-georgias-special-state-senate-election/

Since this is a small (i.e., not "County" sized) area, with votes coming from across multiple counties including Fulton, and since "incumbency" tended to have voters (who showed up) keep voting for the same person over and over, the dynamic might be different this time. If you have this kind of almost equal split between the top 2 GOPers, you might have those who favor the one who doesn't make the cut, not vote at all, particularly given that adding 1 (D) (if you don't vote) wouldn't change much in that chamber in terms of being a GOP majority (it was 32 (R) - 23 (D) plus this one vacancy).