IF YOU GOWhat: State House District 1 runoff debateWho: Alan Painter and John DeffenbaughWhen: 7 p.m. Tuesday.Where: Rossville Civic Center, 400 McFarland Road.How much: Free and open to the public
Walker County election officials almost were able to look forward to a normal workday Aug. 21, the date of Georgia’s runoff election.
But they’ll have to work late that night because the July 31 primary election had one race that wasn’t decided: the Republican contest for Georgia House of Representatives District 1 between the top two vote-getters, Alan Painter and John Deffenbaugh.
“We thought we were out of it,” Elections Supervisor Barbara Berry said. But Deffenbaugh’s 2,501 votes weren’t enough to knock off Painter, who trailed with 2,398.
So elections workers – in Walker County and elsewhere in Northwest Georgia – are gearing up for the runoff.