Jefferson County will hold runoffs Dec. 6
Jefferson County voters will be returning to the polls Dec. 6 to cast their ballots in one local and one state run-off election.
In the race to fill the unexpired term of District 4 County Commissioner Tommy New, William R. Toulson and Jerry Taylor received the most votes and so will face off Dec. 6.
Toulson received 479 votes, or 34.39 percent of 1,393 total votes cast. Taylor received 431 votes or 30.94 percent. Joseph Wheeler received 340 votes, or 24.41 percent, and Corey Forrest received 143, or 10.27 percent.
County Administrator Jerry Coalson said that whichever candidate is elected should be sworn into office at the next county meeting, which is expected to be Tuesday, Dec. 13.
Also on the ballot will be the runoff in the US Senate race between incumbent Raphael Warnock (Dem.) and challenger Herschel Walker (Rep.). Statewide Warnock received 1,941,511 votes, or 49.42 percent to Walker’s 1,906,261 or 48.52 percent.
In Jefferson County there was just 118 vote gap between incumbent Warnock, who receive 3,158 local votes and Walker’s 3,040.
Jefferson County residents also approved a local referendum to allow for the sale of distilled spirits by the package throughout the unincorporated areas of the county. The referendum passed with 283 yes votes or 70.21 percent of total votes cast. Some 181 residents opposed to the referendum.
Jefferson County results
This year 11,179 Jefferson County residents cast ballots in the Nov. 8 elections with 2,869 voting on election day, 2,915 early voting and 517 filling out absentee ballots.
Locally, the gap between support of governor was even closer than in the senate race. While Incumbent Brian Kemp (Rep) retook his seat with 53.4 percent of the state-wide votes, in Jefferson County he received 3,161 to challenger Stacey Abrams’ (Dem.) 3,089.
While the margin for Jefferson County voters was within three percentage points on every other state level race except for state school superintendent, the Republican candidates swept the ballot.
Burt Jones earned 50.73 percent of local votes for lieutenant governor. Incumbent Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger had 50.52 percent of local votes. Incumbent Attorney General Chris Car had 50.02 percent.
Tyler Harper, who will be taking over as the state’s new agriculture commissioner, had 49.91 percent to Nakita Hemingway’s (Dem) 48.57 percent.
Incumbent Insurance Commissioner John King was supported by 50.88 percent of local voters and Incumbent state School Superintendent Richard Woods by 52.49 percent.
Georgia’s new Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson received 50.30 percent of local votes.
District 12 US House Representative Rick Allen (Rep) kept his seat and received 51.90 percent of votes in Jefferson County.
Although they were running unopposed, State Senator Max Burns (Rep., Dist. 23) received 4,276 votes and State House Representative Brian Prince (Dem., Dist. 132) received 4,414. Jefferson County’s District 1 Commissioner Gonice Davis (Dem.) received 1,241 votes, District 3 Commissioner Wayne Davis (Dem.) received 1,346 and Soil Conservation District Representative Larry Hodges 4,262.
Glascock County results
According to the county’s unofficial preliminary results, this year 1,309 Glascock County residents cast ballots in the Nov. 8 elections. Of those, 603 voted at the polls on election day, 650 voted in advance and 56 mailed in absentee ballots.
In the US Senate race for 1,171 Glascock residents voted for Walker, 113 voted for Warnock and 11 for Libertarian Chase Oliver.
In the race for governor, 1,211 voted for Kemp, 89 for Abrams and 5 for Libertarian Shane Hazel.
Some 1,176 local voters supported Jones for lieutenant governor, 98 voted for Democrat Charlie Bailey and 12 for Libertarian Brian Graham.
For secretary of state, 1,133 voted for Raffensperger, 88 for Democrat Bee Nguyen (Dem.) , 42 for Ted Metz (Lib.) and 2 for write-in candidate Brenda Lynn Nelson-Porter.
Some 1,167 supported incumbent Attorney General Chris Carr, while 111 voted for Jennifer Jordan (Dem.) and 9 for Martin Cowen (Lib.).
In the race the agriculture commissioner, 1,172 candidates voted for Harper, 107 for Hemingway and 11 for Libertarian David Raudabaugh.
Glascock voters supported incumbent Commissioner of Insurance King with 1,176 votes over Democrat Janice Law Robinson’s 100 votes and Incumbent State School Superintendent Richard Woods (Rep.) with 1,183 votes to Alisha Thomas Searcy (Dem.) 98 votes.
Republican Bruce Thompson received 1,188 votes for state labor commissioner compared to 90 for William Boddie Jr (Dem) and 10 for Emilie Anderson (Lib.).
The county supported incumbent U.S. House Representative Rick Allen (Rep.) with 1,187 votes to Elizabeth Johnson’s (Dem.) 102.
A number of candidates at both the state and local level ran unopposed in this election.
State Senator for District 23 Max Burns (Rep.) received 1,236 votes while the incumbent State House Representative for District 128 Mack Jackson (Dem.) receive 627. County Commissioner for District 2 Autumn Usry Milburn (Rep.) received 1,212 and District 4 Commissioner Jay L. Dixon (Rep.) received 1,175.
This article originally appeared on Augusta Chronicle: Jefferson County will hold runoffs Dec. 6
