The results are in for several major races following Tuesday’s election in Atlanta and across Georgie. They include significant wins for Democrats in the state.

Mayor Andre Dickens handily won re-election with nearly 90 percent of the vote, beating out three other contenders for the city’s top job.

But the race that has everyone talking and brought voters out in droves was the race for state’s Public Service Commission, the body that determines how much utility companies can charge for electricity, gas, and telecommunications services.

Voters will be relieved to know that Democrats Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard ousted their Republican opponents to win two deats on the former all Republican five-member board.

Johnson vowed in a statement not to bend to the will of energy companies, w

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