Voters in northwest Georgia will be going to the polls on March 10 to fill a newly vacated state Senate seat on the same day that they will decide whether the former occupant of that seat should rise to Congress.

The Georgia secretary of state’s office on Friday announced the special election date to replace former state Sen. Colton Moore, R-Trenton, scheduling the election for the same day as the special election for the vacant U.S. House district 14 that was held by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Rome.

Greene resigned in early January with a year left in her term. Moore is among the 22 candidates vying to succeed her. He resigned in mid-January when he qualified as a candidate for the U.S. House election.

Moore held Senate district 53, which represents Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, and a portion of Floyd Counties. Candidate qualifying for that seat begins 9 a.m. on Jan. 29 and ends 1 p.m. on Feb. 2, at the secretary of state’s office in Atlanta. Feb. 9 is the last day for voters to register, with advance in-person absentee voting beginning Feb. 16. A runoff election, if needed, will be on April 7.

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