Election Results: FINAL TALLIES
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008
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ImageWith the votes tallied from all of the county's precincts, including absentee ballots, incumbent commission chairman Melvin Davis has won reelection by 100 votes over challenger Sarah Bell.

All but one incumbent on the county commission won their bid for reelection. Post 2 Commissioner Don Norris lost to challenger John Daniell. The only Board of Education member seeking reelection, Mack Guest, also won his race.


The new county commissioners will be: Chairman: Melvin Davis; Post 1: Jim Luke; Post 2: John Daniell; Post 3: Margaret Hale; and Post 4: Chuck Horton.

 

The new board of education will be: Chairman David Weeks (who ran unopposed); Post 2: Mack Guest; Post 3: Kim Argo; and Post 4: Mike Hunter. The Post 5 BOE seat will be determined in November when Republican Tom Breedlove (who won his primary bid against Kyle Martin) faces Democrat Rich Clark.

 

In the county coroner race, Cathleen Quillian-Carr and Ed Carson will face each other in a runoff election in August. 

 

Also see "Candidates gather at the courthouse for returns

 

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A crowd gathers at the courthouse waiting for the first results
 

 

 Results are unofficial until they have been certified.

Polling Precincts:  Prct 1  Prct 2  Prct 3  Prct 4  Prct 5  Prct 6  Prct 7  Prct 8  Prct 9  Prct 10  Prct 11  Prct 12  Prct 13  Prct 14   TOTAL

 

County Commission Chairman

Melvin Davis (i)     178     157        115     50      102    190     81        177      158    294      274         351       152      846       3125

Sarah Bell             198     151        163     90      101    138    78        180       163   203        184        451       173      752       3025

 

Commission Post 1

Jim Luke (i)         197     139       106     49       88      185     75       178      187      331        274        398       156      805       3168

Johnny Pritchett     181    168        170    92      115     133     83       188      133     160       167          401       168       802      2961

 

Commission Post 2

Don Norris (i)        144     119      96        42       65      149     70      134     144      268        242        304       131        696       2604

John Daniell          220      189      175      94      135     167     86     22       175        217      198        482        179       894      3433

 

Commission Post 3

Margaret Hale (i)    263       202      215     119      131     229     108     249   237      342         314       583      235       1122      4349

Esther Porter          115      102       67      24        70       87     45      105      82       148      126          207        83         480     1741

 

Commission Post 4

Chuck Horton (i)     245      169      158      92         98       176     72      183    184     279        295        516        214      954      3635

Mike Maxey            133     142      121     50        104       150     88      176     134   219        151          284      108        653     2513

 

BOE Post 1 (Chairman)

David Weeks         315      258      214    102       167        268      130    305     273   434        380         662       266       1323      5097

 

BOE Post 2

Mack Guest (i)        250      189       162      77      130        215       109       226    194     376        370       508       214     1148    4168

Ryan House             95      96       96        51        66        75         40         109     100     97        59           221        83       377     1565

 

BOE Post 3

Kim Argo               206       207      136      72       110      170        101      184      157     250       237        416        177        915     3338

Ashley Hood           102       58        93       44       63        101       29        100       95      160        118       264         100       479     1806

 

BOE Post 4

Mike Hunter         212       165      177     76        134        180       105      202       169      241       248       430      171      922      3432

Chuck Toney         119     122      77     42          60         106        40        130       125   202       149          294      123       560      2149

 

BOE Post 5

Tom Breedlove       169      156        130     69        102       157      95         231       194      259        189    359      121       806    3037

Kyle Martin             153      115        112     44         82       124      48         84          82      156         185    318       167      600    2270

 

Coroner

Ed Carson             141       127     129        57         73       124         56        134      118      137        133      272        105    523   2129

Bill Mayberry          51     61         48      19         40           50           35         81        57      100           54      155      62        277   1090

C. Quillian-Carr      172     116       88      58         92         150           66         127     140     237        241       365       151     756   2759

 

State Senate 46th

Bill Cowsert (i)        224     176       140       79      106       178        73      172        177      314         298       414       162    943       3456

Tommy Malcom      151    127       130       54      101       141      85      186           143     181         150       380       158      656      2643

 
Precinct Code:  1: Annex    2: Colham Ferry  3: Antioch  4: Farmington  5: Bishop  6: High Shoals  7: North Oconee  8: Dark Corner  9: Bogart  10: Malcom Bridge  11: Athens Academy  12: Civic Center  13: City Hall  14: Absentee

 

In other races of interest:

With 91 percent of the precincts throughout Georgia's U.S. Rep. District 10 reporting, incumbent U.S. Rep. Paul Broun has a clear victory over challenger Barry Fleming with 70 percent of the vote. Broun, who lives in Oconee County, carried Oconee with a massive lead over Fleming - 4824 to 1342. Broun now faces opposition from Democrat Bobby Saxon (who ran unopposed for his party's nomination).

 

In the 46th state Senate District, which covers portions of Walton and Clarke counties and all of Oconee County, Tommy Malcom lost his bid to unseat incumbent state Sen. Bill Cowsert.  With 96 percent of precincts reporting in the 46th District, Cowsert has won with 60 percent of the vote. In Oconee, Cowsert won with 3456 votes to Malcom's 2643. Cowsert faces opposition in November from Sherry Jackson, a Bogart attorney.

 

More than 500 Democrats cast ballots in Oconee County where there were no locally contested races. Oconee's Democrats supported Jim Martin in the five-way race to determine who from their party will run against incumbent U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss in November. Statewide, Martin carried 34 percent of the vote (with 81 percent of precincts reporting) and trailed Vernon Jones who had 40 percent of the vote. Jones and Martin will likely face each other in an August runoff to see who will run against Chambliss.

 





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