By James Salzer
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Politics
November 3, 2010
Republicans did as expected and kept a firm grip on the General Assembly in Tuesday's elections.
Most incumbents running for re-election won another term.
However, some votes were too close to call. As of late Tuesday, Democrat Elena Parent led Rep. Jill Chambers, R-Atlanta, chairwoman of the committee that oversees MARTA. Parent, a local attorney, was chief of staff to former state Sen. David Adelman, who resigned earlier this year to become U.S. ambassador to Singapore. Chambers, a fiscal watchdog of MARTA, recently filed for bankruptcy.
Meanwhile, in Gwinnett County, Republican retired educator Valerie Clark beat freshman Democratic Rep. Lee Thompson. Democratic Rep. Pat Dooley of Cobb County also was behind in early vote counting. And in a Middle Georgia rematch, Democratic Rep. James "Bubber" Epps and former Republican Rep. Allen Freeman were close.
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