It's official: Fellow Republicans Jim Whitehead and Paul Broun will face-off in a runoff election for the 10th Congressional District seat. State election officials certified the results from the special election. It showed Broun finished second in the balloting by 198 votes ahead of Democrat James Marlow. Officially, Whitehead drew 43.5 percent of the vote--Broun with 20.7 percent. The 10th district covers all or portions of 21 counties in northeast Georgia, and includes Augusta and Athens. The runoff election is set for July 17th.
