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McKinney, Smith head to runoff in GOP District 12
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Two Republicans in Georgia's 12th Congressional District will meet in a runoff Aug. 10 to determine who will face incumbent Congressman John Barrow in November. With 84 percent of the district's precincts reporting, Ray McKinney, a nuclear services manager, secured the top spot in a Republican primary run-off by getting 42.9 percent of the vote (11,404 votes) and will face first-time congressional candidate Carl Smith, the former fire chief of Thunderbolt, who received 27.8 percent (7,372 votes). The other candidates seeking the nomination were Jeanne Seaver, a businesswoman from Savannah, who received 18.3 percent (4,870 votes) and Mike Horner, a retired Air Force Lt. Colonel and businessman, who received 11 percent (2,912 votes).
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