Coughlin Wins Johns Creek Special Election

JOHNS CREEK, GA -- The voters in Johns Creek have spoken, and it appears a man who got a sampling of what life is like as an elected official will be able to take a bite out of public service.

Voters have elected Chris Coughlin to the vacant Post 4 seat on the Johns Creek City Council.

Unofficial results from the Georgia Secretary of State's office show Coughlin winning the race with 64 percent, or 10,010 votes, compared to fellow challenger John Flores's 36 percent, or 5,676 votes.

Johns Creek has a total of 44,277 registered voters among its citizens.

• View the election results here.

Coughlin briefly served on the City Council in 2015, as he won a special election to serve out the unexpired term of Brad Raffensperger, who was elected to the State House of Representatives.

This time around, the City Council seat was vacated by Bob Gray, who resigned to seek the vacant Georgia 6th Congressional District seat.

Gray did not rack up enough votes to advance to the June 20 runoff for the seat. Republican Karen Handel and Democrat Jon Ossoff will battle for the seat vacated by Tom Price.

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