ATLANTA – Unofficial returns show former Cobb County Commission chair Sam Olens leading state Sen. Preston Smith in the race to become the GOP nominee for attorney general.
The returns Tuesday show Olens captured 58 percent of the vote with 10 percent of the precincts reporting.
State Sen. Ralph Hudgens jumped to an early lead over attorney Maria Sheffield with 57 percent of the vote in the GOP runoff for insurance commissioner.
Conservative activist Tim Echols led state Sen. John Douglas with 52 percent of the vote in the bid for the Republican nod for an open seat on the five-member Public Service Commission board.
And in the Democratic runoff for secretary of state, the returns showed state Sen. Gail Buckner with 53 percent of the vote in the contest against state Rep. Georganna Sinkfield.