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Ga. Senate special election planned for November

By Mark Niesse
Aug 28, 2015

A special election to replace former Sen. Ronald Ramsey Sr., D-Lithonia, will be held in November.

Ramsey, whom Gov. Nathan Deal appointed last month as a judge in DeKalb State Court's Traffic Division, had served in the Senate since 2007.

The governor’s office confirmed Friday that voters in Senate District 43, which covers parts of DeKalb, Rockdale and Newton counties, will elect a new senator Nov. 3 to fill the remaining year of Ramsey’s term.

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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