More Info
New county chairmanIn a tight race, local home builder Steve Henry unseated Keith Greene as the Catoosa County Commission Chairman last Tuesday night, 2,647 votes to 2,595 votes.Greene has been in office since 2008. He did not return a call seeking comment. Henry, who followed the results at the Freedom Center, breathed a sigh of relief after walking out to the parking lot.“Fifty-two gaddum votes?” he told his friends of his margin of victory. “Golly, that’s tight. It’s a good thing I don’t have any nails, or this would have been a nail-biter.”Henry said he beat Greene for two key reasons: He has emphasized business growth in the community, and he has promised to try to lower property taxes. Concerning the former, Henry said he will form closer partnerships with the city governments in Ringgold and Fort Oglethorpe.Concerning property taxes, he said he is not yet sure how the county can lower the rate. But he said he will review the financial books and look for a solution.“We can always do better,” he said.
More Info
The votes are inOther winners from last Tuesday’s primary. Results do not include incumbents running without opposition. The general election is Nov. 8.U.S. SenateJohnny Isakson (Incumbent) (R)Jim Barksdale (D) 136,295State Senator, District 53Jeff Mullis (Incumbent) (R)SheriffGary Sisk (Incumbent) (R)Tax CommissionerJama House (R)
The race for Georgia’s open House District 3 seat got extended an extra two months.
Seventy-two votes in last week’s primaries made all the difference.
Jeff Holcomb, a former Fort Oglethorpe police chief with an unsuccessful bid for Catoosa County sheriff under his belt, took most of the votes in the three-candidate race, with 2,008. But that was only good enough for 48.3 percent of the vote. He needed 50 percent, plus one vote, to avoid a runoff.