Election, vote, voting tileNORTHEAST ALABAMA BALLOTS(Winners or July 15 runoff contestants in bold)DEKALB COUNTYDemocratic primarySTATE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (FEMALE) DISTRICT 24 (vote for one)Shaunta Dalton 280Kaye Kiker 282STATE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (MALE) DISTRICT 24 (vote for one)Kenneth Boggs 321Steven G. Noles 263DEKALB COUNTYRepublican primaryREVENUE COMMISSIONER (vote for one)Royce L. Lader 1,360Tyler Wilks 3,487STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 24 (vote for one)Billy Hodges 1,603Nathaniel Ledbetter 2,541STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 26 (vote for one)Ginger Fletcher 121Kerry Rich 197STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT 6 (vote for one)Cynthia McCarty 33,745Patricia McGriff 29,859STATE REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DeKALB COUNTY PLACE NO. 2 (vote for one)Lester Black 2,511Mary Anne Cole 2,220STATE REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DeKALB COUNTY PLACE NO. 3 (vote for one)Tony Goolesby 1,139Jack Stiefel 2,066Scotty Vaughn 1,472JACKSON COUNTYDemocratic primaryJACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT 3 (vote for one)Chad Anthony Gorham 1,322Dana Moore 1,012STATE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (FEMALE) DISTRICT 22 (vote for one)Larisa Thomason 104Nancy L. Worley 254STATE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (MALE) DISTRICT 22 (vote for one)Horace Clemmons 239William L. Krause 172JACKSON COUNTYRepublican primaryJACKSON COUNTY REVENUE COMMISSIONER (vote for one)Kermit Cornelison 984Shadrack McGill 1,225Kathy Thompson 1,451STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 22 (vote for one)Wayne Johnson 2,018Ritchie Whorton 2,825U.S. REPRESENTATIVE 5TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT (vote for one)Mo Brooks 48,900Jerry Hill 11,981STATEWIDE PRIMARIES (DeKalb and Jackson)Democratic primaryGOVERNOR (vote for one)Kevin Bass 64,368Parker Griffith 113,410STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 8 (vote for one)Horace Clemmons 2,010Randy Bruce Money 1,505Republican primaryGOVERNOR (vote for one)Robert Bentley 386,367Stacy Lee George 25,043Bob Starkey 21,035Lt. GOVERNOR (vote for one)Stan Cooke 159,220Kay Ivey 256,424STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 8 (vote for one)Todd Greeson 2,856Steve Livingston 1,642SECRETARY OF STATE (vote for one)Reese McKinney 139,061John Merrill 143,154Jim Perdue 79,666STATE AUDITOR (vote for one)Dale Peterson 84,335Hobbie L. Sealy 34,747Adam Thompson 64,410Jim Zeigler 163,173PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION PLACE NO. 1 (vote for one)Jeremy H. Oden 187,920Kathy Peterson 171,014PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION PLACE NO. 2 (vote for one)Jonathan Barbee 54,047Chris "Chip" Beeker Jr. 132,896Phillip Brown 42,885Terry Dunn 110,867STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT 8 (vote for one)Mary Scott Hunter 25,133Mike Parsons 19,204Source: County registrars' offices and al.com as of June 4
Alabama voters in Jackson and DeKalb counties picked their favorite primary candidates on Tuesday from the race for the governor's office to a tally in the town of Hollywood on whether to allow alcohol sales.
Elections officials in both counties said voter turnout Tuesday was low and some contests ended in counts close enough to require a runoff election on July 15.
DeKalb County had 6,349 total ballots cast out of 36,144 registered voters, said Jo Stiefel with the Board of Registrars Office in Fort Payne.
"It was very low," Stiefel said.
Likewise, Jackson County had 6,840 total ballots cast among about 37,000 registered voters, according to Circuit Court Clerk Ken Ferrell, one of the officials who oversees county elections. Media reports in Alabama also state that Jackson County voters in the town of Hollywood approved alcohol sales, 98 to 55.
REVENUE COMMISSIONER
In the local race for DeKalb County revenue commissioner, voting counts available Wednesday morning show Tyler Wilks defeated his opponent in the Republican primary, Royce L. Lader, 3,487 to 1,360. In Jackson County's GOP primary for revenue commissioner, Kathy Thompson had 1,451 votes to Shadrack McGill's 1,225 with Kermit Cornelison coming in third with 984 votes. That tally will require Thompson and Shadrack to face each other in a runoff on July 15.
Jackson County voters also balloted in a local Democratic primary for county school board District 3 seat between Chad Anthony Gorham and Dana Moore with Gorham outstripping Moore by more than 300 votes, county election records show.
Contact staff writer Ben Benton at bbenton@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6569.