A Sugar Hill City Council race that appeared to produce a narrow loss for an incumbent is now being listed as a tie and will go to a runoff in early December, according to city officials.
The city announced the tie between Meg Avery and Councilwoman Jenn Thatcher when it posted the certified results of the Nov. 7 election online earlier this week. The initial results showed Avery beat Thatcher by five votes. Provisional ballots that were counted this week, however, moved the race to a tie with each candidate receiving 729 votes, according to the certified results.
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