2 elected to Lithonia city council

An advertising consultant and an attorney have been elected to round out the city council in Lithonia.

With only 12 percent of registered voters turning out in Tuesday’s special election, Al T. Franklin, 32, and Deborah Jackson, 56, were the two top vote getters from a field of four, according to unofficial results from the DeKalb County Office of Voter Registration and Elections.

Franklin captured 70 votes, or 31 percent of those cast. Jackson, an attorney who ran unsuccessfully for mayor last year, beat out construction worker Ric Dodd by just one vote, 58 to 57. Tax examiner Tabitha Wingo came in fourth with 34 votes.

Franklin and Jackson will fill the unexpired seats of Tonya Peterson and Linda Pruett, both of which expire on Dec. 31. Peterson gave up her seat to run successfully as mayor of the tiny south DeKalb city, while Pruett resigned in late December.