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Macon-Bibb County commission candidates await election results

We're guaranteed to have at least 4 new commissioners.

MACON, Ga. — The race to fill eight seats on the Macon-Bibb County commission ended with no clear winners.

That's because Bibb County Board of Elections officials have to go through 8,000 absentee ballots and so the results are unofficial at this time. They have until Friday to verify them.

We're guaranteed to have at least four new commissioners, and then, four incumbents are challenged this year.

Candidates are running to fill seats for commissioners Larry Schlesinger, Joe Allen, Bert Bivins, and Scotty Shepherd. 

Commissioners Valerie Wynn, Mallory Jones, Virgil Watkins and Mayor Pro Tem Al Tillman are trying to keep their seats.

We spoke to some of the candidates on how they spent their election day.

"We were out there all day waving, talking to people," said Billy Howell, who is running for District 7. 

"We've been out all day, talking to voters last minute, waving signs. We feel very good. It was a very, very good day," said Seth Clark, who is running for District 5. 

But after a big day campaigning, these candidates are spending a long night waiting.

"Listen, I'm feeling excited for the election. I'm ready for this to be over so I can get back to work," said District 9 incumbent Al Tillman. 

"I think we should be bracing ourselves for somewhat of a long night or a couple long days, honestly," said District 8 incumbent Virgil Watkins. 

Though many of the candidates want to see results as soon as possible, they want to make sure every vote is counted.

"I'm not confident on anything until all the ballots are counted and all the absentees," said Billy Howell. 

"We need to take the time that we need to count every vote and make sure that it's counted," Clark said.

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