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Posted by: Kate Prince on Sep 15, 2021

Republican businessman and conservationist Greg Vital yesterday won the special election to fill the seat of the late Rep. Mike Carter in House District 29, the Chattanoogan reports. Vital collected 3,884 votes, while his opponent, DeAngelo Jelks, received 964 votes. The Chattanooga Police Department is currently investigating Jelks after rape charges were filed against him days before the election by a member of his campaign staff. Jelks yesterday admitted to an affair with the staffer, but maintained it was a consensual relationship.