Surely, you’ve been following the MyAJC elections team on the ajc.com home page, Facebook or Twitter. And here, of course.

But once we hit the bewitching hour of  7 p.m. , here's what to look for in tonight’s drama:

»  Top races at glance, including the all-important GOP runoff for U.S. Senate. 

»  The Democratic and Republican runoffs for state school superintendent to replace incumbent John Barge.

» Runoffs for three U.S. House seats, including three GOP contests that pit establishment candidates against tea partyers: Buddy Carter v. Bob Johnson in the coastal First District; Mike Collins v. Jody Hice in eastern Georgia's10th District, and Bob Barr v. Barry Loudermilk in metro Atlanta's 11th District.

But wait, there’s more:

» The Cherokee County commission runoff twixt GOPers Kenneth Gordon and Larry Singleton;

» Numerous Cobb County races, topped by a western District 1 runoff between former commission chairman Bill Byrne and Bob Weatherford;

» DeKalb County contests, including former county CEO Vernon Jones' attempt at a comeback in the race for sheriff;

» A Fayette County school board race between Republicans Diane Basham and John Kimbell;

» A Forsyth County race for county solicitor;

»  Plus two Johns Creek city council contests, a Roswell race for judge, and a Fulton County Commission runoff between Brenda Muhammad and Marvin Arrington Jr.

» Last but not least, we've got five state Senate races, led by a GOP barn-burner twixt incumbent Jack Murphy of Cumming and challenger Mike Williams.

» Of four state House races, keep your eye on that Cherokee County race between Meagan Biello and Wesley Cantrell.

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