State House 104 Race Headed for a Runoff

Voters will return to the polls on Dec. 3 to decide the State House 104 race after none of the four candidates received enough votes to avoid a runoff.

Candidates Chuck Efstration, Teresa Cantrell, Tim Puckett and Todd Tyson all sought to fill the seat vacated by Donna Sheldon. Based on unofficial results, Efstration and Cantrell were the top two vote-getters with 38.53 percent and 26.36 percent of the vote respectively and will face each other in a runoff. Puckett finished third with 19.53 percent of the vote and Tyson came in fourth with 15.59 percent.

Cantrell, a Dacula resident and owner of Cafe 313, previously served on the Gwinnett County Planning Commission. Chuck Efstration is a former Gwinnett County prosecutor who previously served as chairman of the Gwinnett County Republican Party.

The runoff is scheduled for Dec. 3.