- A special election to fill the vacant Georgia House District 125 seat near Augusta is scheduled for Feb. 13.
- Gov. Brian Kemp announced the election date to replace the seat previously held by Republican Barry Fleming.
- If no candidate wins a majority by February 13th, a run-off election will be held between the top two candidates on March 12th.
A special election is scheduled for February 13 to fill a vacant seat in a Georgia House district near Augusta.
Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday the election schedule to fill the House District 125 seat previously held by Republican Barry Fleming. The district covers parts of Columbia and McDuffie counties.
Fleming resigned after Kemp appointed him as Superior Court judge in Columbia County. Fleming was originally elected to three terms starting in 2002. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Representatives in 2008, but was re-elected in 2012 and served as a member until his resignation.
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Qualifying for the race is tentatively set for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Members of all political parties run jointly in special elections without primaries to select candidates.
Georgia state capital building in Atlanta. A special election to fill the vacancy in Georgia's 125th Congressional District is scheduled for February 13th. (Joe Soum/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
If no candidate wins a majority by February 13th, the top two candidates will advance to a runoff election on March 12th, the same time as Georgia's presidential primary.
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Kemp will also have to set up a special election to replace state Sen. Mike Dugan, a Republican from Carrollton, who is resigning to run for Congress.
