Republican Steven McNeel won the special election runoff Tuesday to fill the seat of former state Sen. John F. Kennedy, who resigned to focus on his run for lt. governor.  He defeated Democrat LeMario Brown by nearly 20 points, keeping the Middle Georgia seat under GOP control.  Democrats poured money and effort into an attempt to flip the seat, but were only able to improve their performance by about five percent over the last time the district was contested in 2022.  McNeel will head up to the State Capitol immediately to be sworn in, giving Republicans a 32-23 majority in the Senate, which has their grasp over the upper chamber RISING…

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