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Tygrett, Bell are victorious in runoffs
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Howard Tygrett
Howard Tygrett will be the next mayor of Clarkston and Simone Bell will be taking the Georgia House District 58 seat.

The two were victors in the Dec. 1 runoff elections.

Turnout was low in Clarkston with only 427 voters going to the poll. Tygrett, an REI store manager, got 238 or 55.7 percent of the votes. Long-time councilwoman Pat Davis-Morris got 189 or 44.3 percent of the votes.

In the House District 58 race, 5,288 people returned to the polls, and Bell, a community educator, got 2,951 or 55.8 percent of the vote. Attorney Asha Jackson, got 2,337 or 44.2 percent of the votes.

Bell will finish out the term of Robbin Shipp, who resigned in April.
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