Meagan Hanson appears to have defeated Alan Cole in the House District 80 GOP runoff by a slim 29 votes.
The Georgia Secretary of State is reporting Hanson garnered 777 votes to Cole’s 748 votes, for a narrow victory of 50.95 percent to 49.05 percent.
HD 80 includes portions of Brookhaven and Sandy Springs, so votes were counted from DeKalb County and Fulton County.
Cole handily won DeKalb County, including Brookhaven, according to unofficial results from the DeKalb County Voter & Registrations website, with 651 votes, or 53.27 percent, compared to Hanson’s 571 votes, or 46.73 percent.
But Sandy Springs and Fulton County were a different story, with Hanson dominating. Hanson won 206 votes, or 68 percent, to Cole’s 97 votes, or 32 percent.
Hanson will face incumbent Democrat Taylor Bennett in the General Election in November.
DeKalb Commissioner Nancy Jester of Dunwoody tweeted her congratulations to Hanson.
Proud of my good friend @Meagan_M_Hanson our @GaRepublicans nominee in #DeKalbCounty HD 80 #DeKalb @gapundit #gapol pic.twitter.com/tE5nHv6IkG
— Nancy Jester (@nancy_jester) July 27, 2016
In the House District 81 Republican runoff, Lane Flynn easily defeated Jim Duffie, 71 percent to 29 percent, according to unofficial results from the Georgia Secretary of State website.
HD 81 includes part of Brookhaven and Chamblee around Buford Highway and DeKalb-Peachtree Airport as well the Tucker area.
Flynn will face incumbent Democrat Scott Holcomb in November.
The Georgia Young Republicans tweeted their excitement for Hanson and Flynn.
We are excited to help Republicans win in November, but very exciting to help YRs @Meagan_M_Hanson & @LaneFlynnGA especially. #gapol
— GeorgiaYR (@georgiayr) July 27, 2016
The voters said “No” to Alan Cole’s negative campaign.