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The Democrat sweep of two statewide Public Service Commission seats on Tuesday stole headlines both here in Georgia and across the country, with Dems claiming that political momentum has shifted in their direction and Republicans vowing to regroup ahead of next year’s midterms.  But there were plenty of other races down the ballot across the Atlanta metro – here’s some you might have missed:

Do you remember your first job out of college?  Recent Clark Atlanta University grad Jaylen Williams certainly will – as he was elected the youngest-ever mayor of the city of Stockbridge, in Henry County.  The 21-year-old defeated incumbent Anthony Ford by around 3,000 votes, and will get to put his political science degree to good use right away at City Hall.

Speaking of young candidates; 21-year-old Democratic activist Akbar Ali advanced to the runoff in the race to fill the Gwinnett County House seat of former Democratic state Rep. Shelly Hutchinson, who retired this summer.  Ali received the backing of some notable names in his bid to bring a (very) fresh perspective to the Gold Dome, including former Gov. Roy Barnes, Hutchinson, and several other legislators.  But he actually finished in second place in the first round of voting to Marqus Cole, a director at an energy and environmental nonprofit, who went the other way in his campaign, pointing to decades of experience working around the Capitol.

The pair of Democrats will square off in a runoff scheduled for next month to see who will be headed to the General Assembly – the winner will be back on the ballot next November for the midterms.

Meanwhile 24-year-old Sam Foster nearly pulled an upset in the Cobb County’s Marietta, but was held off by the slimmest of margins by now-five-term Mayor Steve Tumlin.  Fewer than 100 votes separated the candidates in one of the most thrilling races of the election cycle – one that saw especially high turnout in one of Cobb’s largest and most historic cities.

Embattled City of South Fulton Mayor Khalid Kamau only managed to bring in an embarrassing 5% of the vote total in his re-election bid, a fittingly low total considering he’s been under investigation for misusing city funds.  Succeeding him will be either City Councilmember Carmalitha L. Gumbs, who finished with 39.3% of the vote, or two-term Mayor Pro Tem Dr. Mark Baker.  The winner of that runoff will have very small shoes to fill.

behind And if those runoff aren’t enough action for you – there’s still a November 18th general election to fill the seat of state Senator Jason Esteves, to resigned to focus on his gubernatorial campaign.  Six candidates are competing in the left-leaning Cobb and Fulton co. Senate district, so expect yet another runoff, despite the Democratic establishment backing former state Rep. Roger Bruce for the seat.