Middle Georgia voters will select their new state senator in a special election runoff Tuesday.
Either LeMario Brown, a Democrat, or Steven McNeel, a Republican, will be the next senator to represent the Macon-based Senate District 18. Brown and McNeel emerged from a six-way runoff election last month. Five Republicans and one Democrat ran in the special election.
Brown and McNeel are vying for the seat vacated by John F. Kennedy, R-Macon, who stepped down last year to focus on his run for lieutenant governor.
Credit: Courtesy photos
Credit: Courtesy photos
Voters could participate in early in-person voting last week ahead of Tuesday’s election.
Democrats have made it a point to challenge every race for the past year’s several special elections, overperforming in districts routinely held by Republicans.
In most cases where a runoff was required, the Democrat narrowed the point spread with the Republican candidate, but ultimately lost. A Democrat flipped an Athens-area House seat last year.
Brown, a former Fort Valley councilman and small-business owner, said he hopes to have a similar outcome as Athens.
McNeel, an attorney who also manages a timber farm, is running for public office for the first time. He said he has a diverse set of skills that position him to serve his district.
Polls are expected to close at 7 p.m.
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