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Three candidates running to replace Lama on Dalton City Council

Staff File Photo by Matt Hamilton / Dalton City Hall is pictured. Three people have qualified to run for the City Council seat Nicky Lama vacated to run for Congress.
Staff File Photo by Matt Hamilton / Dalton City Hall is pictured. Three people have qualified to run for the City Council seat Nicky Lama vacated to run for Congress. Staff File Photo by Matt Hamilton / Dalton City Hall is pictured. Three people have qualified to run for the City Council seat Nicky Lama vacated to run for Congress.

By Staff Report 1 min read

Three candidates are in the running to replace Nicky Lama on the Dalton City Council after Lama’s resignation to run for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s seat in Congress.

The winner of the special election will serve the remainder of Lama’s term, through 2029, according to a press release by the city.

(READ MORE: Final line-up: Candidates for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s seat in Georgia)

The three candidates are Julie Locke, Rojelio Alvarran and Zeucis Martinez, according to the Georgia secretary of state’s website. City Council elections are nonpartisan.

The special election will be March 1o, the same day as the election to replace Greene in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District. Early voting will take place during weekly office hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., from Feb. 16-March 6 at the Whitfield County Courthouse. Saturday voting is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Feb. 21 and Feb. 28, according to a press release.