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The race to replace a disgraced DeKalb County commissioner is heading for a runoff.

Holmes Pyles, a retired state government employee, will face Nancy Jester, an actuarial consultant who previously served on the DeKalb Board of Education.

Pyles, who is 86 years old and has never previously run for office, won the most votes of any of the five candidates in the race.

Pyles and Jester meet in a runoff election Dec. 2 after none of the candidates received a majority of the vote.

The winner will represent more than 140,000 residents in north DeKalb, including Brookhaven, Chamblee, Doraville, Dunwoody and Tucker.

The seat had been held by Commissioner Elaine Boyer for 22 years before she resigned and pleaded guilty in September to a $93,000 fraud scheme.

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