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Georgia Vote 2018 | Primaries enter final day

Polls open Tuesday at 7 am as Democrats and Republicans pick their nominees in a host of nationally watched races.

Georgians head to the polls tomorrow to pick the nominees for a host of nationally watched races this fall, including hotly contested races for governor, lieutenant governor and several congressional seats.

Seven Republicans and two Democrats are seeking to become Georgia's next governor after Nathan Deal's two terms in office, while two Democrats and three Republicans are hoping to become the state's first new lieutenant governor in over a decade.

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Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle is leading his GOP opponents in the governor's race in a poll conducted by WMAZ's sister station in Atlanta, 11Alive.

The poll, which was conducted on May 10 and released on Tuesday, shows Cagle with 35% of the votes in the Republican primary. That's more than double the second-place GOP candidate, Secretary of State Brian Kemp.

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In the Democratic Primary, former State House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams had 43% of the vote, while Stacey Evans had 24%. Some 33% of Democratic voters said they were undecided.

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Republicans David Shafer, Rick Jeffares and Geoff Duncan, and Democrats Sarah Riggs Amico and Triana Arnold James are running for lieutenant governor.

Another open race -- this one, to replace Kemp for secretary of state -- has drawn four Republicans and three Democrats. On the GOP side are Brad Raffensberger, Buzz Brockway, David Belle Isle and Josh McKoon. Democrats are former U.S. Rep. John Barrow, Dee Hawkins-Haigler and Rakeim Hadley.

Central Georgia's other notable races to watch:

► Georgia House District 141: Republicans Gary Bechtel, Shane Mobley, Todd Tolbert and Dale Washburn are running to replace State Rep. Allen Peake. No Democrats filed for election.

► Georgia House District 144: Democrats Gregory Odoms, Jessica Walden, Cheyenne Warnock and Mary Ann Whipple-Lue are running to replace State Rep. Bubber Epps. Republicans running for this seat are Trey Ennis, Danny Mathis and Milton Sampson.

► U.S. Rep. Jody Hice (R-10) made headlines recently when Facebook announced it was locating its new data center in his district, Social Circle, to be exact. That didn’t stop Hice from drawing two challengers from within his own party – Bradley Griffin and Joe Hunt – along with three Democrats: Chalis Montgomery, Richard Dien Winfield and Tabitha Johnson-Green.

► Bibb District 1 commission seat: Four people are running for Gary Bechtel's spot on the Macon-Bibb commission. They are: Valerie Wynn, Lyn Wood, and Charles Neville.

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