Cherokee Tribune – Moore loses District 22 seat Two challengers head to a runoff

CANTON — State Rep. Sam Moore (R-Macedonia) narrowly lost his seat in the Georgia House of Representatives in the primary Tuesday, but neither of his challengers pulled enough votes to avoid a runoff.

With 2,995, or 38 percent of the vote, Woodstock pastor Wes Cantrell came in first in the race for the District 22 seat, with Meagan Biello, a Cherokee school teacher, trailing not far behind, unofficial results showed Tuesday night.

Cantrell and Biello will now face each other in the July 22 runoff.

Biello got 2,505 votes, or 32 percent of the 7,877 ballots cast in the three-county race, results showed.

Moore trailed just behind Biello with 2,377 votes, or 30 percent of the vote, for the seat covering large parts of Cherokee and Forsyth counties, along with a small piece of Fulton.

With first place in hand, Cantrell said he was ready to move on to the runoff.

“We feel great,” said Cantrell, 52, a young adult pastor at First Baptist Woodstock. “It’s quite encouraging. We definitely have the momentum; we’re going to continue to grow on that.”

He said he was looking forward to a positive race.

Biello also feels good about her chances in the runoff.

“Everyone is pumped to see this thing through,” said Biello, 32, a teacher at Creekview High School. “I feel confident that we have good momentum. I guess one advantage I have as a teacher is that I have all summer to be out knocking on doors.”

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