Election 2025 Results: The Winners in Key Georgia Races
“Around 900,000 voters cast their ballots today to select Atlanta’s mayor, City Council President and in several other local and state races.
Georgia election results are beginning to trickle in. Data from the Georgia secretary of state’s office reported more than 900,000 voters cast ballots today. Another 640,000 voted early or absentee, which is about 8% of Georgia’s registered voters.
Atlanta’s Mayoral Race
Incumbent Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens cruised to a second four-year term with over 85% of the vote despite facing three challengers Helmut “Love” Domagalski, Kalema Jackson, and Eddie Meredith. No mayoral candidate has unseated the incumbent since Maynard Jackson was elected Atlanta’s first Black mayor in 1973.
Public Service Commission District 2 and District 3
This statewide race was one many were eagerly watching, as PSC commissioners have received criticism this year for approving six Georgia Power rate hikes over the past two years, resulting in residential customers paying an estimated $516 more annually on their electric bill than they were in 2022.
PSC Commissioners Tim Echols and Fitz Johnson were the two Republican incumbents who unsuccessfully ran for reelection against Democratic candidates Peter Hubbard and Alicia Johnson.
Hubbard, who won the seat in PSC District 3 which includes metro Atlanta, told Capital B Atlanta via email that he is “deeply grateful” to Georgia voters for the win.
“Affordability is front and center in voters’ minds, and today they overwhelmingly said they’re tired of subsidizing corporate interests at the expense of their families,” Hubbard said.
“As I serve out my first term on the Public Service Commission, I will work tirelessly to lower utility costs, to bring more clean, reliable energy resources to this state, and to refocus the Commission’s work on the public interest.”
Alicia Johnson, who won District 2, which includes Savannah and most of the state’s Atlantic coastal region, saw the returns come in during a watch party at Hotel Indigo in Savannah.
Johnson told Capital B Atlanta that she attributed tonight’s victory to her campaign’s message about affordability.
“Every Georgian in our state is sitting around their kitchen table wondering why they’re paying power bills that look like car notes,” she said. “People finally understood that their bill was too high and they can vote on that.”
Johnson and Hubbard became just the third and fourth Democrats to win statewide offices in Georgia since 2006, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
The writing appeared to be on the wall for Echols and Fitz Johnson before the polls even opened today as many voters were angry about coverage of the incumbents’ recent-year support for Georgia Power rate hikes. On Saturday, Echols told his social media followers that his team estimated he was down “80k-100k” votes.“
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