VALDOSTA —
Primary elections were held throughout the state of Georgia Tuesday. Here are the results for counties outside of Lowndes in The Valdosta Daily Times coverage area.
Berrien County:
• Board of Education District 3:
Jody Cabe (R, incumbent) 66.80 percent
Earnest C. Stone (R) 33.20 percent
• Board of Education District 6:
David Sherpard (R, incumbent) 100 percent
• Board of Education District 7:
Keith Powell (R, incumbent) 72.13 percent
Don Van Young, Jr., (R) 27.87 percent
• Sheriff:
Anthony Heath (R, incumbent) 76.86
Jerry Lipsey (R) 23.14 percent
James A. “Jimmy” McMillan (D) 100 percent
• Clerk of Superior Court:
Shawna C. Hughes (R, incumbent) 100 percent
• County Commissioner Post 1:
John W. Nugent (R) 61.92 percent
Gregg McClellan (R) 38.08 percent
• County Commissioner Post 4:
Robert B. Griner (R, incumbent) 100 percent
• County Commissioner Post 5:
Steve Sumner (R, incumbent) 100 percent
• Tax Commissioner:
Jason P. Nugent (R, incumbent) 100 percent
• Probate Judge:
Susan W. Griner (D, incumbent) 100 percent
Aleta Larger (R) 100 percent
• Coroner:
Robert S. “Rob” Lovein, Jr., (R, incumbent) 100 percent
• City of Nashville, unexpired term of Richard “Dick” Perryman (resigned):
Melissa Watson 60.97 percent
Marvin Barker 24.22 percent
Walt Steward 14.38 percent
Write-In 0.43 percent
• City of Ray City, unexpired term of Vera Camon (deceased):
Wesley Dorman Bennefield 59.03 percent
John Strickland 40.97 percent
• T-SPLOST:
No 55.60 percent
Yes 44.40 percent
Brooks County:
• County Commission District 4:
Myra Exum (R) 62.16 percent
Coy Porter (R) 37.84 percent
• County Commission District 5:
James H. Maxwell (D, incumbent) 51.01 percent
Wilbert Mobley (D) 33.39 percent
Ed Johnson (D) 15.60 percent
Steve Burton (R) 80.23 percent
Agnes Kimbrough (R) 19.77 percent
• Brooks County School Board 1:
Brad Shealy (R, incumbent) 100 percent
• Brooks County School Board 3:
Joseph Luke Mitchell (R, incumbent) 100 percent
Nancy Dennard (D) 100 percent
• Brooks County School Board 5:
Frank Thomas (D, incumbent) 100 percent
Denise Monroe (R) 100 percent
• Brooks County School Board at-large:
Wayne H. Carroll, Jr. (R, incumbent) 100 percent
• Clerk of Court:
Ginger Shiver (D, incumbent) 100 percent
• State Judge:
William R. Folsom 100 percent
• Coroner:
Mike Miller (D, incumbent) 100 percent
• Magistrate Judge:
Joyce Miskiel (D, incumbent) 100 percent
• Sheriff:
Henry Michael Dewey (D, incumbent) 57.08 percent
Andra L. Williams (D) 37 percent
James E. Silar (D) 5.91 percent
Matt Elsberry (R) 59.22 percent
Brett Williams (R) 40.78 percent
• Tax Commissioner:
Jerri Dukes (D, incumbent) 100 percent
• Probate Judge:
Beth Hurst (incumbent) 100 percent
• Surveyor:
Ben DeVane (D, incumbent) 100 percent
• T-SPLOST:
No 60.53 percent
Yes 39.47 percent
Cook County:
• Sheriff:
Dennis E. “Denny” Folsom (R) 53.91 percent
John P. Johnny Daughtrey (R) 46.09 percent
Doug Hanks (D) 100 percent
• Coroner:
Tim Purvis (R) 51.59 percent
Ron Lipsey (R) 48.41 percent
• Board of Education District 1:
Jerry Durden (D) 100 percent
• Board of Education District 2:
Susan Hart Griffin (R) 60.37 percent
Daniel J. McLaughlin (R) 39.63 percent
• Board of Education District 4:
Frank H. Carter (R) 52.30 percent
Tina T. Revels (R) 33.55 percent
Christopher L. Davis (R) 14.16 percent
• Board of Commissioners District 2:
Michael Dinnerman (R) 100 percent
Lindsey “Lin” Parrish (D) 100 percent
• Board of Commissioners District 3:
Linda Ward Meadows (R) 100 percent
Jeff B. Lane (D) 100 percent
• Board of Commissioners District 4:
Randy Lane (R) 59.44 percent
Brett Kelly (R) 40.56 percent
• Clerk of Superior Court:
April M. Garrett (R) 100 percent
• Tax Commissioner:
Wendy Williams (R) 100 percent
Donnie Simmons (D) 100 percent
• Probate Judge:
Chase Daughtrey 100 percent
• City of Lenox City Council Post 1 Special Election:
Lillian N. McClelland 58.91 percent
Carolyne Sanders 41.09 percent
• T-SPLOST:
No 54.13 percent
Yes 45.87 percent
Echols County:
• Sheriff:
Randy Courson (D, incumbent) 71.44 percent
Charles Edward Carter (D) 25.56 percent
• Probate Judge:
Carlos Rodgers 100 percent
• Superior Court Clerk:
Paula Goss 100 percent
• Tax Commissioner:
Myrna Turner (D, incumbent) 100 percent
• Board of Commissioners Post 1:
Bobby Walker (D) 53.17 percent
Derek Herring (D, incumbent) 46.83 percent
• Board of Commissioners Post 2:
Robert A. Davis (D) 58.52 percent
Chip Martin (D, incumbent) 41.48 percent
• Board of Commissioners Post 3:
Jim Carter (D) 100 percent
• Coroner:
Alan L. Leonard (R) 100 percent
• Board of Education Post 3:
Chester Register (D) 100 percent
• Board of Education Post 4:
Richard Hendley (R, incumbent)
Alisa Huggins (D) 42.76 percent
Mitchell Church (D) 57.24 percent
• Board of Education Post 5:
Rocky Crosby (D, incumbent) 100 percent
• T-SPLOST:
No 72.77 percent
Yes 27.23 percent
Lanier County:
• Board of Education Chairman:
John Franklin Patten (R, incumbent) 100 percent
Phillip C. Connell (D) 100 percent
• Board of Education District 2:
Tommie Ruth White (R, incumbent) 53.28 percent
Russell D. Zirkle (R) 46.72 percent
• Coroner:
Patches S. Phillips (R) 100 percent
• Board of Commissioners Chairman:
William Alex Lee (R, incumbent) 100 percent
• Board of Commissioners District 3:
Williams Scott Green (R) 100 percent
• Board of Commissioners District 4:
Albert Dennis Fender (R) 100 percent
• Probate Judge:
Judy B. Mullis (R, incumbent) 100 percent
• Clerk of Superior Court:
Deborah Jones Clark (R, incumbent) 100 percent
• Sheriff:
Charles N. “Nick” Norton (D, incumbent) 100 percent
J. Darrell Watson (R) 100 percent
• Tax Commissioner:
Rebecca S. Rampey (D, incumbent) 100 percent
• T-SPLOST:
No 53.14 percent
Yes 46.86 percent
All numbers are subject to change pending the certification of the election results on Aug. 3.
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