COLUMBIA, S.C. — There will apparently be a new city councilmember in Columbia while an incumbent on the council is getting a new term in office, based on unofficial results.

Numbers from Tuesday's runoff races show challenger Sam Johnson with a 56% to 44% advantage over incumbent Aditi Bussells with 100% of precincts reporting in the Columbia City Council At-Large race. In District 4, incumbent Peter Brown had 54% of the vote to challenger Julie Lumpkin's 45%.

Numbers will be certified later in the week.

Here's a deeper look at those two races:

Columbia City Council At Large:

The race was for one of Columbia’s two at-large city council seats, which represents residents across the entire city, unlike the separate districts.

Johnson is a longtime behind the scenes figure in Columbia c

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