Vernon Jones in runoff for House seat vs. Rhonda Taylor
Former DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones CEO is in a runoff election Tuesday with Rhonda Taylor, a legal support consultant who says voters have had enough of Jones.
The candidates are seeking the Georgia House District 91 seat, which covers southeast DeKalb and parts of Rockdale County.
Jones is running on his experience and expertise as a former state legislator and chief executive.
But Taylor says she’s more in-touch with the community, and residents have already seen how Jones governs.
Jones has run unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate. U.S. House and DeKalb sheriff since finishing his second term as county CEO in 2008.
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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.
