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.
» 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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