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Podcast: Looking ahead to Georgia’s 2018 primary runoffs

Chandra Brown was first in line at Henry W. Grady High School in Atlanta on Tuesday May 22, 2018. Voters across the state reported to their regular precincts to decide on candidates for governor, Congress and statewide races in the Democratic and Republican primaries. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

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Chandra Brown was first in line at Henry W. Grady High School in Atlanta on Tuesday May 22, 2018. Voters across the state reported to their regular precincts to decide on candidates for governor, Congress and statewide races in the Democratic and Republican primaries. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
By Bria Felicien
May 30, 2018

Georgia’s 2018 primary runoff elections are July 24.

Runoffs will be held for the races where no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote during the May 22 primary.

In the latest Politically Georgia podcast, host Greg Bluestein and The AJC's Washington correspondent Tamar Hallerman shared what to watch and what to expect during the nine-week runoff period.

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Bria Felicien is a published author and staff writer at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She produces podcasts for the AJC.

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