ATLANTA — When Georgians head to the polls on Tuesday to vote in their local elections, they'll have a rare "odd-year" chance to weigh in on two influential statewide races.

Two of the five seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) are up for grabs. The PSC is the regulating body in Georgia that sets rates for utilities such as Georgia Power, among other responsibilities.

No elections for the five-seat commission have been held since 2022 due to a lawsuit that had challenged the structure of PSC elections, in which commissioners are elected in statewide votes instead of by the geographic districts they represent (and where they must live). The lawsuit was ultimately unsuccessful and, now, two belated races are set to be decided.

In District 3, Republican Fitz Johnson was

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