Bebe Heiskell, incumbent county commissioner for Walker County seeking reelection, talks with Elliot Davenport Tuesday at Heiskell’s campaign party in Rock Spring, Ga. Heiskell is running for her fourth term as county commissioner.
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Bebe Heiskell made history as Walker County’s first female sole commissioner.
And for a while Tuesday night, it looked like she might be the last.
G. Paul Shaw, the challenger in the Republican primary who vowed to do away with the sole commissioner system and replace it with a five-person commission, led Heiskell, a three-term incumbent, for much of the night.
But Heiskell finally pulled ahead and won, unofficial records show. She garnered 51 percent of the vote to Shaw’s 49 percent. Heiskell won’t face a Democrat in November, so Tuesday’s vote essentially secured her fourth term.