This story was updated at 1:59 p.m.
Metro Atlanta voters headed to the polls on Tuesday in small numbers with nearly 100 contested races at stake in over 40 cities across the area.
Over half of the seats on the Atlanta School Board were on the ballot. Former interim Fulton County Schools Superintendent Ken Zeff handily beat incumbent Michelle Olympiadis in District 3. Olympiadis was denied a third term on the board.
And the At-Large District 7 seat appears headed to a Dec. 5 runoff between incumbent Tamara Jones and Alfred “Shivy” Brooks. Neither crossed the 50% threshold needed to win. If Brooks prevails, he will be the first active teacher to serve on the board.
In other Atlanta School Board races, Katie Howard faced no competition in District 1 and will cruise to a second term. And incumbents Erika Yvette Mitchell in District 5 and Jessica Johnson in the At-Large District 9 race appeared to secure reelection safely.
New and returning mayors to be sworn in across the metro
There were at least a dozen contested mayoral races across metro Atlanta on Tuesday.
Several cities will have new mayors after the current ones either were term-limited and ineligible or decided not to run again.
In the race for Brookhaven mayor, former City Councilman John Park and Lauren Kiefer are headed to a Dec. 5 runoff. Mayor John Ernst is term-limited.
In Auburn, retiree Rick Roquemore beat City Councilmember Peggy Langley. Roquemore will succeed Linda Blechinger, who decided not to run for reelection after nearly two decades in office.
Bill Kolbrener will be the new mayor in Mountain Park in north Fulton. He succeeds Jim Still, who is stepping down after 16 years.
In Lilburn, current Mayor Tim Dunn has been knocked out of office by former Mayor Johnny Crist.
The following metro Atlanta mayors were all re-elected: Ollie Clemons in Austell, Bianca Motley Broom in College Park, Joseph Geierman in Doraville, John Lampl…
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