Deffenbaugh to face McMahan in Georgia’s District 1 House race

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By Kendi A. Rainwater July 23, 2014 2 min read

Ken Earwood prepares to vote at the Dade County Administrative Building in Trenton, Ga., Tuesday.

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HOUSE DISTRICT 1 VOTE TOTALS• John Deffenbaugh: 1,351• Robert Goff: 1,103

John Deffenbaugh

Robert Goff

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.