By Kate PlummerShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberA former Democratic state representative has won the race to be the next mayor of Roswell, Georgia, ousting an opponent who had the backing of the Republican State Governor.
Mary Robichaux, a former Democratic member of the Georgia House of Representatives, won the election with 53 percent of the votes, beating the incumbent Kurt Wilson, who garnered 47 percent of the vote share.
While the mayoral election was non-partisan, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, a Republican, had called on Georgia voters to back Wilson, calling him a "Republican" mayor who had kept his city "safe and thriving." Meanwhile, Robichaux served in Georgia's House as a Democratic state representative from 2019 to 2023.
The election came as neither candidate secured a majority in the general election on November 4, forcing a runoff.
Speaking to 11Alive, Robichaux said: "I had a commitment to this city. Progress is always good, but it needs to be progress that fits the city and what the citizens want and that the citizens get to be heard."
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