Tom Graves won 12 of 15 counties in voting today and will face Lee Hawkins in a runoff for Georgia’s 9th Congressional District seat.
Graves had 35 percent and Hawkins 23 percent, with 99 percent of precincts reporting.
Steve Tarvin was third with 15 percent. Chris Cates was fourth at 12 percent.
Graves and Hawkins will compete in a runoff June 8.
Six Republicans, a Democrat and an independent were on the ballot, vying to replace former Rep. Nathan Deal, who resigned in April to run for governor.