Secretary of State Kemp Certifies Special Election Results for State House District 25, State Senate District 28 and State Senate District 50

Atlanta – Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp today certified the results for the November 8, 2011 special elections in State House District 25, State Senate District 28 and State Senate District 50. The certified results can be found on the Secretary of State’s website: http://sos.georgia.gov/elections.

In certifying the results, the Secretary of State affirmed that all counties have provided to the state the total votes tabulated for each candidate. Further, the Secretary of State affirms that the returns are a true and correct tabulation of the certified returns received by this office from each county.

Because no candidate received a majority of the vote in the November 8, 2011 special election in State House District 25, a special run-off election will be held Tuesday, December 6, 2011 between the following candidates who received the most votes:

Bobby Banks                                                             Party Affiliation: Republican
P. O. Box 386
Oakwood, GA 30566

Emory West Dunahoo, Jr.                                         Party Affiliation: Republican
4720 Walnut Lane
Gainesville, GA 30507

The run-off election for State House District 25 will occur in a portion of Hall County.

Because no candidate received a majority of the vote in the November 8, 2011 special election in State Senate District 28, a special run-off election will be held Tuesday, December 6, 2011 between the following candidates who received the most votes:

Duke Blackburn                                                          Party Affiliation: Republican
317 Roscoe Road
Newnan, GA  30263

Mike Crane                                                                 Party Affiliation: Republican
P.O. Box 700
Newnan, GA  30264

The run-off election for State Senate District 28 will occur in Coweta and Heard Counties and portions of Carroll and Troup Counties.

Because no candidate received a majority of the vote in the November 8, 2011 special election in State Senate District 50, a special run-off election will be held Tuesday, December 6, 2011 between the following candidates who received the most votes:

Rick Austin                                                                 Party Affiliation: Republican
1590 Double Springs Road
Demorest, GA 30535

John K. Wilkinson                                                      Party Affiliation: Republican
P.O. Box 2227
Toccoa, GA 30577

The run-off election for State Senate District 50 will occur in Banks, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens and Towns Counties and a portion of White County.

Any registered voter who was eligible to vote in the November 8, 2011 special elections in State House District 25, State Senate District 28 and State Senate District 50 can vote in their respective December 6, 2011 special run-off election. Polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 6, 2011.

Voters in State House District 25, State Senate District 28 and State Senate District 50 can request an absentee ballot from their county registrar’s office through the close of business on Friday, December 2, 2011. Absentee ballots must be returned to the county registrar’s office by the close of polls on Election Day. To download an absentee ballot request form, please visit www.sos.ga.gov/elections.

Registered voters can visit the Secretary of State’s MVP website to view a sample ballot specific to that voter for upcoming elections, find their Election Day polling location and early voting locations in their county, check their registration status, track the status of their absentee ballot and more. The MVP website can be accessed at: http://www.sos.ga.gov/mvp.

Brian Kemp has been Secretary of State since January 2010. Among the office’s wide-ranging responsibilities, the Secretary of State is charged with conducting efficient and secure elections, the registration of corporations, and the regulation of securities and professional license holders. The office also oversees the Georgia Archives.