Three supervisor races headed to runoffs
Three supervisor races in District 1, District 3, and District 4 are headed to runoffs following Tuesday's party primaries, complete but unofficial results show.
Absentee ballots were tallied on Tuesday night, and affidavit ballots will be
counted Wednesday morning.
Turnout was slightly lower than what it was in November 2019, with 6,524 total votes — 940 Democrat and 5,584 Republican.
Republicans Mike Snow and Bobby Joe Lovern will head into a runoff in the District 1 Supervisor race. Mike Snow received 280 votes to Lovern’s 165 votes.
Shelby Beason received 164 votes, while Ralph Nowell received 16.
Incumbent Republican Kevin Cumberland won the District 2 Supervisor Republican nomination with 53.62 percent of the vote, besting Devon Marshall, Tony Myers, Susan Shoffner and Brian Whittle. Cumberland finished with 866 votes to Marshall’s 261 votes and Myers’ 258 votes.
Whittle received 193 votes, while Shoffner received 37.
Cumberland will face Independent challenger John Stokes in November.
Incumbent Republican Kinsey Smith and Republican Christopher Gardner will head
into a runoff in the District 3 Supervisor race. Smith received 606 votes to Gardner’s
584 votes.
Jon Eubanks received 347 votes, while Ryan Rowell received 30.
The winner will face Independent challenger Colby Pope in November.
Incumbent Republican Kevin Wilcher and Republican Gordon Adkins will head into a
runoff in the District 4 Supervisor race. Wilcher received 524 votes to Adkins’ 482
Marty Sistrunk received 242 votes.
Incumbent Democrat Obbie Riley will face Republican David Carter and Independent
Deric Horne in November.
Riley beat Cynthia M. Grantham 332 votes to 254. Carter ran unopposed in the Republican primary.
Republican John Lilley had 1,394 votes to Republican Patrick Burt’s 1,192 and will face off in a runoff for the Constable Place 1 position. Richard Cooney finished with 533 votes and Terry Todd received 366 votes.
The winner will face Independent challenger Cortez Peebles in November.
Steve Cumberland won the Justice Court Judge Place 1 Republican Primary by 59.66
percent, beating Incumbent Paul Payne 2,082 votes to 1,402. He faces no Democratic opposition in November.
Incumbent Eric Clark won the Republican nomination for Sheriff beating Jessie Hamilton 4,584 votes to 965. With the victory, Clark advances to the general election, where he will face Tuesday’s Democrat winner Danny Carter.
Gidget Tate won the Republican Nomination for Chancery Clerk, beating Brad Stuart
3,536 votes to 1,977. She faces no Democratic opposition in November.
Republicans Delana Waddell, Grant Myers, and Shannon Chaney Morrow will head
into a runoff in the Circuit Clerk's race, but the votes are too close to know which two.
Waddell received 1,796 votes, Myers received 1,542 votes, and Morrow received 1,481 and Heather Kennedy received 708 votes.
Myron Williams won the Republican nomination for Coroner/Medical Examiner with 2,876 votes to Tim Watkins’ 2,590 votes. He faces no Democrat opposition in November.