Democrat Peter Hubbard wins primary runoff for PSC

Clean-energy advocate Peter Hubbard bested former Atlanta City Council member Keisha Sean Waites in the Democratic primary runoff for the District 3 Georgia Public Service Commission seat.Hubbard will face Republican incumbent Fitz Johnson in the Nov. 4 general election. Waites secured the most votes during the initial primary on June 17, but didn’t achieve the required 50%-plus-one-vote margin. Waites won 46% of the June 17 primary election votes, while Hubbard trailed by more than 16,000 votes, earning 33% of the vote. Just after 9 p.m. on July 15, Hubbard was winning by more than 58% to Waites’ 42%. Around 106,000 of Georgia’s approximately 8.4 million registered voters participated in the runoff, according to figures posted just before 10 p.m. See more result information at our media partner Georgia Recorder. The post Democrat Peter Hubbard wins primary runoff for PSC appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta.