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Heard County fills District 3 commission seat

By WSBTV.com News Staff

Georgia votes peach sticker 'I'm a Georgia Voter' stickers are available for people to cast their ballots during a special election in Georgia's 6th Congressional District special election at St. Bede's Episcopal Church on June 20, 2017 (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images/Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

By WSBTV.com News Staff

HEARD COUNTY, Ga. — Heard County voters went to the polls on Tuesday to fill their vacant District 3 commission seat.

In March, neither Ralph Caldwell nor Iris Harris received 50% of the votes required to win the commission seat.

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In Tuesday’s runoff election, Harris appears to have defeated Caldwell with 60.31% of the votes, according to the Heard County Elections Office.

CandidatePercentageVotes
Iris Harris60.31%199
Ralph Caldwell39.69%131

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