Georgia Votes for New President

People in Georgia are voting for a new president Sunday in an election that will end the tumultuous 10-year rule of Mikheil Saakashvili. Twenty-three candidates are running for the office with Giorgi Margvelashvili, the candidate of choice for current Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, widely considered the front-runner. Mr. Saakashvili's choice to succeed him is David Bakradze, a former speaker of parliament. The third leading candidate, Nino Burjanadze, was part of the so-called Rose ...

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