Schlesinger, Ficklin headed to October runoff | Elections | Macon.com

Macon City Council veterans Larry Schlesinger and Henry Ficklin are headed to an Oct. 15 runoff to decide who will continue his political career with a new government.

Schlesinger, who started election night dead last in a three-way race for Macon-Bibb County’s District 2 commission post, surged in late returns to grab 1,234 votes, about 42 percent of the unofficial votes that included early and absentee vote tallies.

Ficklin, a 30-year council veteran, got 1,149 votes, and Paul Bronson, who’d previously run for mayor, came in third with 530 votes.

Schlesinger, 62, a six-year council veteran, came in third place in three districts, but he won strong majorities in the East Macon 4 and Howard 4 precincts.

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