Jack Miller wins the HD47 runoff

Jack Miller won Tuesday's Republican runoff for Georgia House District 47, the seat that covers most of Milton. With nearly all precincts reporting, Miller led Brian Cochran by about 63% to 37% in unofficial returns — roughly 2,900 votes to 1,700.

It caps a race that started closer. In the May primary, Miller finished first with 49% — just short of the majority needed to avoid a runoff — with Cochran in second. Tuesday's margin was wider.

The seat is open because Rep. Jan Jones, the House Speaker Pro Tem and Milton's longtime representative, is retiring. Whoever fills it speaks for the area under the Gold Dome on the issues we put to both candidates: property taxes, growth, and Birmingham Crossroads.

Miller isn't sworn in yet. He advances to the November 3 general election against Democrat Lindsay Defranco; the seat has been in Republican hands for years.

Want to see where Miller landed on the five questions? His answers — and Cochran's — are still posted, word for word and side by side, in our HD47 voter guide.

Sources: county returns via FOX5 Atlanta and Ballotpedia; totals are unofficial until certified.