Northeast Georgia voters turned out at the polls in steady numbers Tuesday for a primary election featuring competitive U.S. House nominations and a wide slate of local tax referendums and commission races across the region.
Here are the complete, unofficial vote totals in contested primaries:
Banks County
All precincts reporting
Banks County Commission – District 1 – GOP
Wayne Mainor
37.87%
1,128
Danny Maxwell (I)
62.13%
1,851
Banks County BOE – Post 5 – GOP
Eli Cooper (I)
59.92%
1,770
Vince Lehotsky
40.08%
1,184
Barrow County
All precincts reporting
Barrow County Commission – District 4 – GOP
Eric Craft
17.06%
187
Robin Martinelli
30.11%
330
Alex Ward (I)
52.83%
579
Barrow County Commission – District 5 – GOP
Carrie Anne Rowan
27.12%
496
Tim Walker (I)
72.88%
1,333
Barrow County Commission – District 6 – GOP
Deborah Lynn (I)
54.63%
820
Daniel McCormick
45.37%
681
Barrow County BOE – District 4 – GOP
Shekila Rolle
36.74%
158
Ash Walsh
63.26%
272
Brett Walsh
0.00%
General Obligation Bond
Yes
42.59%
5,665
No
57.41%
7,637
Barrow County SPLOST
Yes
52.65%
7,087 votes
No
47.35%
6,374 votes
Clarke County
All precincts reporting
Mayor
Tim Denson
37.72%
9,634
Dexter L. Fisher
27.07%
6,914
LaKeisha Gantt
21.71%
5,546
Sharon Miller
1.82%
466
Mara Zuniga
11.67%
2,981
Clarke County Commission – District 1
Patrick Davenport (I)
77.54%
2,882
Terry Johnson
22.46%
835
Clarke County Commission – District 3
Tammie Foote
42.99%
1,042
Tiffany S. Taylor (I)
57.01%
1,382
Clarke County Commission – District 5
Kimberly Bennett
35.24%
1,041
Zander Mason
25.05%
740
Rick Stanziale
8.77%
259
Craig Topple
30.94%
914
Clarke County Commission – District 7
Bennie L. Coleman III
26.44%
692
Ed Tolley
73.56%
1,925
Clarke County Commission – District 9
Barry Irwin
9.25%
158
Tracy Smith
42.04%
718
Ovita Thornton (I)
48.71%
832
Clarke County BOE – District 3
Carl Blount
44.83%
429
Reginald Willis
55.17%
528
Clarke County BOE – District 5
Heather M. Fletcher
58.21%
2,300
Fred O. Smith, Sr.
41.79%
1,651
Clarke County BOE – District 7
Lillie Brooks
60.05%
2,038
Adam Shirley
39.95%
1,356
Clarke County TSPLOST
Yes
56.04%
14239 votes
No
43.96%
11171 votes
Dawson County
All precincts reporting
Dawson County Commission – District 3 – GOP
Ricky Boyett
37.41%
1,896
Alexa Bruce (I)
62.59%
3,172
Dawson County SPLOST
Yes
67.37%
4,375 votes
No
32.63%
2,119 votes
Elbert County
All precincts reporting
Elbert County Commission – District 2 – GOP
Nick Etheridge
19.95%
149
Casey Freeman, Jr. (I)
32.26%
241
Mark L. Harper
47.79%
357
Elbert County Commission – District 4 – GOP
Kenneth Ashworth
38.57%
184
Mike Scoggins (I)
61.43%
293
Elbert County BOE – District 2 – GOP
Clint Dye
35.05%
259
Henry L. Mattox
30.31%
224
Hannah E. Williams (I)
34.64%
256
Elbert County BOE – District 3 – GOP
Ryan Albertson
41.54%
248
Heather Gailey Nestor (I)
37.35%
223
Zeb Worley
21.11%
Votes 126
Franklin County
All precincts reporting
Franklin County Commission – District 3 – GOP
Elizabeth Martin Busby (I)
58.24%
2,088
Michael “Mike” Payne
41.76%
1,497
Franklin County Commission – District 4 – GOP
Kyle Westbrook
76.90%
2,766
Wesley Fricks
23.10%
831
Franklin County ESPLOST
Yes
65.11%
2650
No
34.89%
1420
Habersham County
All precincts reporting
Habersham County Board of Commissioners District 2 – GOP
Andrea Harper
41.50%
2874 votes
Shelley A. Tullis
58.50%
4052 votes
Habersham County Board of Commissioners District 3 – GOP
Danny McClellon
56.78%
3892 votes
Jason M. Smith
43.22%
2962 votes
Special Election-District 3
(to fill the unexpired term of Commissioner Jimmy Tench)
Danny McClellon
56.80%
4432 votes
Jason M. Smith
43.20%
3371 votes
Habersham County ESPLOST
Yes
61.47%
5502 votes
No
38.53%
3449 votes
Hall County
All precincts reporting
Solicitor General – GOP
John M. Batchelor
39.49%
10,220
Inez Grant (I)
60.51%
15,660
Hall County Commission – District 1 – GOP
Korey Anderson
18.20%
1,458
Kathy L. Cooper (I)
43.29%
3,469
Mark “Doc” Faul
10.37%
831
Mark Turner
28.14%
2,255
County Commission – District 3 – GOP
Tyler Crawford
36.56%
2,476
Shannon Davidson
32.08%
2,173
Steve Gailey
31.36%
2,124
Hall County BOE – At Large – GOP
Joe Anglin
44.28%
9,204
Carla Baker
22.85%
4,750
Susan Aycock Smith
32.87%
6,831
Hall County ESPLOST
Yes
58.76%
19920
No
41.24%
13982
Hart County
All precincts reporting
Hart County Commission – District 2 – GOP
Doug Mauk
36.90%
510
Frankie Teasley (I)
63.10%
872
Hart County BOE – District 2 – GOP
Colt Bennett
52.80%
697
Henley Cleary (I)
47.20%
623
Hart County BOE – District 4 – GOP
Kevin Brown
68.74%
475
April Carter
31.26%
216
Lumpkin County
All precincts reporting
Lumpkin County Commission – District 3 – GOP
Randall Chambers
39.69%
2,255
Nathan Davis
38.77%
2,203
Anita Anderson Spangler
21.54%
1,224
Lumpkin Special County Commission – District 3
Randall Chambers
36.42%
2,404
Nathan Davis (Rep)
37.13%
2,451
Anita Anderson Spangler
26.45%
1,746
Lumpkin County BOE – District 2
Lee Adkins
11.28%
756
Taylor Gilleland
19.05%
1,277
Kevin Herrit
6.09%
408
Craig Poore (I)
63.59%
4,264
Lumpkin County BOE – District 4
Ronna Anderson
56.22%
3,741
Steven Mulkey
43.78%
2,913
Oconee County
All precincts reporting
Oconee County SPLOST
Yes
56.68%
6,964
No
43.32%
5,322 votes
Rabun County
All precincts reporting
Rabun County Commission – Post 4 – GOP
Kasie Hicks Campbell
16.06%
562
Marty Kilby
30.94%
1,083
Kent A. Woerner (I)
53.00%
1,855
Rabun County Commission – Post 5 – GOP
Scott Crane (I)
53.34%
1,850
Roy Lovell
46.66%
1,618
Judge of the Magistrate Court
James Blalock (I)
63.45%
2,597
Kenneth R. Watts
36.55%
1,496
Stephens County
All precincts reporting
Stephens County Commission – Post 1 – GOP
Dennis Howard Bell
31.28%
1,239
Jayson Garner
21.31%
844
Tara Simmons (I)
47.41%
1,878
Stephens County Commission – Post 5 – GOP
Teresa Vinson
32.09%
1,262
Chuck Wright (I)
67.91%
2,671
Stephens County BOE – District 1 Post 2 – GOP
Jim Bellamy (I)
64.09%
2,495
Sandy S. Krous
35.91%
1,398
Stephens County BOE – District 2 Post 2 – GOP
Cyndie Clark Hunt
27.14%
1,049
Rod Moore (I)
72.86%
2,816
Stephens County ESPLOST
Yes
69.31%
3293 votes
No
30.69%
1458 votes
Towns County
All precincts reporting
Towns County BOE – Post 5 – At Large
Mark P. Anderson
26.51%
871
Gregory B. Rogers (I)
73.49%
2,415
White County
All precincts reporting
White County BOE – District 2 – GOP
Kim Rogers
71.90%
3,871
Mary R. Trigg
28.10%
1,513
White County BOE – District 4 – GOP
Brad Dalton
27.72%
1,537
Linda M. Erbele (I)
41.73%
2,314
Jordan Lee Fincher
30.55%
1,694
White County ESPLOST
Yes
65.61%
4479 votes
No
34.39%
2348 votes
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