ATLANTA — Georgia state Sen. Burt Jones won the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor without having to compete in a runoff after his top rival, Senate President Pro Tem Butch Miller, conceded Friday.
Jones received a slight majority of votes in the four-way Republican primary, according to unofficial vote counts. Jones cleared the 50% threshold needed to avoid a runoff by about 800 votes.
Jones, a Republican from Jackson, will face the winner of a Democratic Party runoff between Kwanza Hall and Charlie Bailey, along with Libertarian Ryan Graham, in the November general election.
