Ken Earwood prepares to vote at the Dade County Administrative Building in Trenton, Ga., Tuesday.The runoff election for Georgia’s District 1 House of Representatives, which includes the western part of Walker County and all of Dade County, had Republican incumbent John Deffenbaugh winning with 55 percent of the vote with all votes counted.
It was one of 21 primary races across Georgia on Tuesday.
Deffenbaugh will face Democrat Thomas McMahan, again, in the general election on Nov. 4. Deffenbaugh previously defeated McMahan in the 2012 election with 68.5 percent of the vote.
“It was a good and close race, and I have no animosity and don’t think he has any toward me,” Deffenbaugh said. “It was a positive race, and the people spoke and I won. I plan to continue to support my constituents.”
Robert Goff, who resigned from his post as Dade District 3 commissioner to challenge Deffenbaugh, has not decided if he will run again in November to be his own successor.