Rogers wins White County BOE District 2 race; Erbele and Fincher in runoff

CLEVELAND, Ga. – Kim Rogers won the District 2 White County Board of Education seat in Tuesday’s primary, while Jordan Fincher and Linda Erbele will face off in a runoff for District 4.

Final but unofficial results show Rogers received 72% (3,871) of the vote to Mary Trigg’s 28% (1,513) for the District 2 seat. In the District 4 race, incumbent Erbele garnered the most votes, 2,314 or 42%, but not enough to prevent a runoff with Fincher, who picked up 315 (1,694) of the votes in the three-person race. Brad Dalton received 28% (1,537) of the votes.

After Tuesday’s vote count, Erbele said she is looking forward to the runoff.

“Yeah, I’m, you know, hoping people will come out for the runoff. It’s kind of a not interesting thing, but I hope people vote for me,” she said.

Fincher knows he has a lot of work yet to do.

“I’m tickled pink at the support I’ve already received. I couldn’t have asked for anything more. Win or lose at this point. I’m happy. I’m proud for stepping out,” he said. “We’ll see what happens.”

Those two, along with candidates in several statewide races, will meet on June 16 for the runoff.

White County voters approved ESPLOST by a more than 2-to-1 margin—65.61% (4479) in favor to 34.39% (2,348) votes against.

Of White County’s 22,378 registered voters, 31% (6,938) cast ballots. There were almost equal numbers of people voting early and on election day. White County Election Supervisor Amie Veater called it an “amazing election,” and thanked all the staff and volunteers who worked the polls.