A current Georgia lawmaker and a former state legislator face off Tuesday in a runoff election to determine who will take on Republican incumbent Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in the fall.
Bee Nguyen (pronounced Win), who represents Georgia House District 89, topped the field of Democrats during a May 24 primary election. Nguyen finished with 44.32 percent of the vote.
In second place was former state House member Dee Dawkins-Haigler, who captured 18.67 percent of the vote. Because neither garnered more than 50 percent, a runoff is required.
The winner of their June 21 match-up will advance to face Raffensperger, who claimed 52.25 percent of the vote in a field of four in the Republican primary in May. Also on the ballot for the Nov. 8 general election are Ted Metz, a libertarian, and Brenda Nelson-Porter, a nonpartisan, write-in candidate….