Here are election results for Hancock County races, including sheriff and chancery clerk
Ricky Adam defeated three Republican challengers and was re-elected sheriff of Hancock County on Tuesday night, according to unofficial vote totals.
Adam garnered nearly 65% of the vote against Channing Reynolds, Johnny “JR” Raffeo and Nathan “Corky” Hoda.
“I’m feeling really good and very excited,“ Adam said at the Hancock County Courthouse on Tuesday, where his supporters gathered on the lawn and listened to the votes being read aloud on speakers.
Adam said he’s going to take a few days off to “savor the victory” and “start all over again for the next four years.”
In the Hancock County chancery clerk race, Tiffany Lee Cowman and Kodie Koennen will face off in a Aug. 29 runoff for the Republican nomination. Cowman received 41% of votes to Koennen’s 31%, knocking out challengers Jordan Bradford and JC Brignone. The winner of the run-off that will face Democrat Henry Ward in the general election in November.
While not securing enough votes to win outright, Cowman did upset Koennen in Diamondhead, where he served as a city councilman.
The chancery clerk’s race was one of the most talked about races on the Coast this election cycle.
Here are the unofficial results of all of the local races in Hancock County:
Sheriff
Ricky Adam: 6,595
Channing Reynolds: 2,182
Nathan “Corky” Hoda: 1,169
Johnny “JR” Raffeo: 232
Chancery Clerk
Tiffany Lee Cowman: 4,244
Kodie Koennen: 3,125
JC Brignone: 894
Jordan Bradford: 1,917
State Senate District 46
Philman Ladner: 4,428
Philip Moran, incumbent: 3,696
House District 95
Jay McKnight, incumbent: 2,738
John M Barnes: 836
House District 122
Brent Anderson, incumbent: 3,407
Micah Tinkler: 860
Supervisor, District 1
Theresa Ryan, Incumbent: 394
Christopher “Packer” Ladner: 482
Donald Wayne Graham: 537
Supervisor, District 2
Greg Shaw, Incumbent: 834
Byron Ladner: 688
Chris Smith: 427
Supervisor, District 3
Charles ‘Chuck’ Clark: 1,617
Shea Michael Ladner: 1,113
Supervisor, District 4
Scotty Adam, Incumbent: 1,121
Louis Jimmy Necaise Jr.: 604
Constable Place 1
Terry Necaise, incumbent: 2,798
Danny “Boy” Hoda: 1,473
Constable Place 2
Carl Berry III: 812
John Ladner: 1,585
Christopher Dunn Sholar: 129
Colin Freeman: 515
Constable Place 3
Paul Taylor, incumbent: 566
Guy “Tater” Graham: 1,509
David Perks: 206
Justice Court Judge Place 2
Brian S. Necaise, incumbent: 2,362
William ‘Bill’ Covington: 724
Sun Herald reporters Margaret Baker, Mary Perez and Anita Lee contributed to this report.
