A recount of last week’s special election in state Senate District 21 confirmed earlier results, sending Republican candidate Jason Dickerson and Democrat Debra Shigley to a runoff election later this month.

The recount by the secretary of state’s office confirmed Shigley took the top spot , with roughly 40% of the vote. Republicans Dickerson and Steve West were neck-and-neck for the second-place finish, but Dickerson again narrowly edged out West by 65 votes.

“Our battle-tested voting system and its verifiable paper trail delivered a recount matching the original results — allowing county officials to quickly move forward and focus on the runoff,” Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said.

In a statement to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dickerson said, “I look forward to Ste

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