Jeff Holcomb talks with his brother, Rick Holcomb at the Ringgold Voting Precinct Tuesday, July 26, 2016.
Nina Crawford, left, holds a provisional ballot box as she talks to Rickey Kittle at the Ringgold Voting Precint Tuesday, July 26, 2016.
Dewayne Hill, center, checks numbers with his wife, Wanda, right, and Jeff Long on Tuesday, July 26, 2016.Northwest Georgia election results
Catoosa CountyState House District 3: Dewayne Hill 57.91 percent, Jeff Holcomb 42.09 percentTax Commissioner: Gary Wayne Autry 54.65 percent, Jama House 45.35 percentWhitfield CountyState House District 6: Tom Dickson (I): 45.96 percent, Jason Ridley: 54.04 percentConasauga Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge: — Scott Minter: 56.26 percent, Steve Farrow: 43.74 percentMagistrate: John Lofty 38.1 percent, Shana Byers Vinyard 61.90 percent*i: Incumbent
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* Georgia holds runoff elections in congressional, state races
RINGGOLD, Ga. – With the backing of lawmakers throughout Georgia, Dewayne Hill will join the state legislature.
Hill, a former Catoosa County commissioner, defeated Jeff Holcomb in a run-off election Tuesday for the State House of Representatives District 3 seat. Hill received about 58 percent of the 3,146 votes cast.
The results were much different from the May 24 Republican Party primary, a three-person race. In that election, Holcomb came in first with 48 percent of 4,061 votes cast. He needed a majority to win outright, though.