(Updated) Amos Wins District 2 APS Runoff

8:53 pm - With 100 percent of the vote counted, Byron Amos has defeated Angela Brown to become the next APS District 2 representative, finishing with 54 percent of the vote, to Brown's 46 percent.

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8:40 pm - With 85 percent of the vote counted, Byron Amos continues to lead Angela Brown by a 55-45 percent margin.

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8:25 pm - With 74 percent of the vote in, Byron Amos has opened up a commanding lead in the APS District 2 runoff election, with 57 percent of the vote, compared to Angela Brown's 43 percent.

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8:13 pm - Byron Amos continues to lead the APS District 2 runoff election. With 47 percent of the vote in, Amos holds a 55 percent-45 percent advantage over Angela Brown.

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8:01 pm - With 12 percent of precincts reporting, Byron Amos is leading Angela Brown with 57 percent of the vote, compared to Brown's 43 percen

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Polls have closed in metro Atlanta, as voters cast their ballots today in the Atlanta Public Schools' 2nd district runoff.

Angela Brown, a community organizer and Historic West End resident, and , another community organizer and CEO of Capacity Builders in Vine City, were seeking the seat formerly held by Khaatim Sherrer El.

In November elections, Brown finished in the lead in a field of five candidates with 38 percent of the vote.

A graduate of Washington High School who also has worked in the hip-hop music industry, Amos came in second with 24 percent.

Sherrer El, who also served as school board chairman before he resigned on July 11 amidst one of the nation's largest incidents of academic fraud in history, the Atlanta public school system cheating scandal.

Stay with Cascade Patch throughout the evening for updated election results as they come in from the Fulton County Board of Elections.