The City of Atlanta Office of the Municipal Clerk announces that there are five positions from the Nov. 4 general municipal election heading for a runoff election on Dec. 2.
The positions include two Atlanta City Council races and three Atlanta Board of Education seats.
Under Georgia law, when no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast in any race for public office, a runoff election must be held between the two candidates with the highest vote totals.
The runoff races with the percentage of votes from Nov. 2 include:
Atlanta City Council
District 7 Thomas Worthy (27%) Thad Flowers (26%)
District 11 Wayne Martin (33%) Nate Jester (21%)
Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education
District 2 Marlissa Crawford (39%) Tony Mitchell (36%)
District 6 Tolton Pace (34%) Patreece Hutc

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