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Politics

Here are the key primary election runoff results from Georgia

By NPR News

Published June 21, 2022 at 2:53 PM EDT

A voter casts her ballot at a polling site for Georgia's 2014 primary election in Atlanta.

Three states hold notable election contests Tuesday: Virginia has statewide primaries, while Georgia and Alabamahave runoffs.

In Georgia, four Republican congressional races have runoffs, as do Democratic contests for secretary of state and lieutenant governor. Polls close at 7 p.m. ET.

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