Voters choosing new Atlanta mayor, open legislative seats

ATLANTA (AP) — Voters in Georgia had no shortage of choices on Tuesday's ballot as they considered who should be Atlanta's next mayor and how to fill vacancies in the Georgia Legislature.

Nearly a dozen candidates are competing to succeed term-limited Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. Also on ballots are 34 candidates for nine seats in the state House and Senate that came open after incumbent lawmakers around the state decided not to finish the final year of their terms.

With so many contenders running, it's a safe bet that some of these elections won't be settled Tuesday. For any race in which no candidate wins more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two finishers will return for a runoff election Dec. 5.

Here's a look at the races.