By Carly Henderson and Denise Etheridge
The June 16 Primary Runoff votes are in and county election officials confirmed that voter turnout was strong during both advanced in-person voting and on Election Day.
Several races in Georgia triggered runoffs when no candidate in those primary races received more than 50% of the vote.
Here in White County, Jordan Fincher edged out Linda Erbele for the District 4 seat on the Board of Education. Fincher had a total of 2,489 votes, Erbele received 2,029 votes.
In the White County runoff for State Senate District 51, Will Wade received 1,741 total votes to Philip Milam’s 529. District-wide, Wade garnered 18,260 votes to Milam’s 11,579.
The White County Elections & Registration office reported that a total of 4,949 ballots were cast in the local runoff election, with 2,644 being cast Tuesday, Election Day, and 2,183 cast during advance in-person voting. A total of 122 absentee by mail ballots were received. Election results are considered unofficial and incomplete until certified.
REPUBLICAN RUNOFFS:
United States Senate:
Mike Collins 2,481 White County/389,996 State
Derek Dooley 2,109 White County/312,213 State
Governor:
Rick Jackson 2,485 White County/373,406 State
Burt Jones 2,136 White County/335,847 State
Lieutenant Governor:
Greg Dolezal 2,562 White County/374,852 State
John F. Kennedy 1,962 White County/316,772 State
Secretary of State:
Tim Fleming 2,477 White County/430,283 State
Vernon Jones 1,914 White County/236,807 State
State School Superintendent:
Fred “Bubba” Longgrear 1,937 White County/324,886 State
Richard Woods (i) 2,496 White County/344,828 State
PSC- District 5:
Bobby Mehan 1,533 White County/250,121 District
Josh Tolbert 2,531 White County/371,409 District
DEMOCRATIC RUNOFFS:
Lieutenant Governor:
Josh McLaurin 183 White County/210,660 State
Nabilah Parkes 89 White County/173,185 State
Secretary of State:
Dana Barrett 148 White County/141,625 State
Penny Brown Reynolds 126 White County/242,205 State
Commissioner of Insurance:
Deandre Mathis 111 White County/157,519 State
Keisha Sean Waites 158 White County/223,909 State
Commissioner of Labor:
Nikki Porcher 120 White County/232,297 State
Michelle Michi Sanchez 145 White County/143,978 State