Republican JaNice Van Ness won a close Georgia Senate runoff election Tuesday night, taking control of a seat previously held by a Democrat, according to unofficial election results.
Van Ness, a former Rockdale commissioner, defeated former state Rep. Tonya Anderson, D-Lithonia.
Van Ness will represent about 172,000 residents in DeKalb, Rockdale and Newton counties.
Van Ness and Anderson were the two leading candidates among eight people on the ballot during a Nov. 3 special election to represent Senate District 43.
The Senate seat became vacant in July when Gov. Nathan Deal appointed Sen. Ronald Ramsey, D-Lithonia, to become a judge in DeKalb County State Court's Traffic Division.
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