Perry County voters elected a new Probate Judge on Tuesday night, and, in a first, elected the first Black woman to the Perry County Commission in the county’s March 5 party primary elections.
In a tight race, the Democratic nomination for Perry County Probate Judge went to Carlton L. Hogue with a close win of 51.04% totaling 1,152 votes, edging out Roy J. Fikes who had 48.96% with 1,105 votes. A total of 2,257 votes were recorded for this race.
In the race for Perry County Commission, District No. 5, Carlton “Carl” Lewis secured the seat with 63.22% amounting to 366 votes, defeating Ron Miller who garnered 36.79% with 213 votes. The total votes counted were 579.
The Perry County Board of Education saw close contests in both districts. For District No. 1, Eulas Kirtdoll, Sr. emerged victorious with 53.91% of the vote, totaling 303 votes, narrowly beating Kimberly Cosby- Walton who received 46.09% and 259 votes, from a total of 562 votes. In District No. 2, Cheryl E. Thomas won with 51.39% and 185 votes, over Brian Moore who had 48.61% and 175 votes, with a total of 360 votes cast.
For the proposed Statewide Amendment Number One, the “Yes” votes won with 59.68% translating to 1,316 votes, while the “No” votes accounted for 40.32% with 889 votes, from a total of 2,205 votes cast.
For the Democratic Delegates for the 7th Congressional District , Sheila Tyson led with 22.43% of the votes, amounting to 1,305 votes. The other delegates’ percentages and vote counts were as follows: Heclonr T. Bell with 9.18% (534 votes), Linda Coleman-Madison with 9.11% (530 votes), Christopher John England with 11.07% (644 votes), Rolanda Hollis with 8.70% (506 votes), Kevin Lawrence with 7.73% (450 votes), Robert L. Stewart with 13.48% (784 votes), Warren “Billy” Young with 8.99% (523 votes), and Uncommitted Delegates with 0.41% (24 votes). A total of 5,818 votes were cast in this category.
In the Republican races, for Court of Civil Appeals Judge, Place 2 , Chad Hanson won with 55.49% of the votes, a total of 177, against Stephen Davis Parker who received 44.51% with 142 votes, out of 319 votes.
Rich Anderson was elected as Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, Place 2 , with a slim margin of 51.39% and 166 votes against Thomas Govan who got 48.61% with 157 votes. The total votes counted were 323.
For President, Public Service Commission , Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh achieved a decisive win with 69.64% and 250 votes, over Robert L. McCollum who secured 30.36% with 109 votes, from a total of 359 votes.
The United States Representative for the 7th Congressional District race was overwhelmingly won by Terri A. Sewell with 94.60% of the vote, which equaled 2,103 votes, versus Chris Davis with 5.40% and 120 votes, totaling 2,223 votes.
In the corresponding Republican contest, Christian Horn secured the nomination with 57.43% and 174 votes over Robin Litaker who received 42.57% and 129 votes, from a total of 303 votes.
For the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court , Sarah Stewart won with 68.80% translating to 247 votes, against Bryan Taylor who received 31.20% with 112 votes, with a total of 359 votes.
In the presidential race for the Democratic Party, Joseph R Biden Jr. dominated with 88.52% accumulating 1,912 votes, followed by Dean Phillips with 5.88% (127 votes), and Uncommitted with 5.60% (121 votes), from a total of 2,160 votes.
The Republican presidential contenders saw Donald J. Trump take a substantial lead with 92.73% which equated to 370 votes. Nikki Haley followed with 4.51% (18 votes), Ron DeSantis with 1.25% (5 votes), Vivek Ramaswamy and Uncommitted with 0.25% (1 vote each), and Ryan L. Binkley, Chris Christie, and David Stuckenberg all received 0 votes. The total votes in this race were 395.
In all, Perry County voters cast 2,690 votes out of a total of 7,678 registered voters, for a total turnout of around 35%.
