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Blog posts by Blake Aued and Ashlyn Webb

  • Republicans Retake Athens House Seats; Abrams Vows to Fight On

    Blog: In the Loop

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    12:26 p.m.: Republicans have retaken two GOP-leaning state House seats that Democrats won in a 2017 special election.

    A final batch of 3,037 mail-in absentee ballots that Athens-Clarke County election officials uploaded at about noon were not enough to save state Reps. Deborah Gonzalez (D-Athens) and Jonathan Wallace (D-Watkinsville). The absentees netted Wallace 302 votes and Gonzalez 227.

    In the final tally, Marcus Wiedower defeated Wallace 53 percent to 47 percent, and Houston Gaines beat Gonzalez 54–46.

    By Blake Aued and Ashlyn Webb | November 7, 2018

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