HUNTSVILLE – Incumbents carried the day in most races across the Tennessee Valley in Tuesday’s primary elections.
However, there also was a skin-of-their-teeth race in Madison County and runoffs will be held in two DeKalb County and Morgan County commission races, due to candidates not receiving a majority of the votes.
In DeKalb County, challenger Brent Rhodes pulled 40.71% of the vote over incumbent Commissioner Terry Harris’ 35.72% to force a runoff.
The Morgan County Commission District 3 race saw incumbent Commissioner Don Stisher receive 38.86% of the vote, ahead of Matthew Frost with 32.89%.
The closest primary race of the day took place in the Libertarian primary for Madison County Commission chairman. Alan Barksdale (50.34%) held off Jason Clark (49.66%) by just two votes, 148-146, to take the party’s nomination in the Nov. 5 general election.
As expected, there was a low turnout statewide with just 16.69% of the state’s 320,723 registered voters casting ballots.
Below are the unofficial results.
- DeKalb County Commission District 3 (GOP)
Brent Rhodes – 40.71% (1,045)
Terry Harris (i) – 35.72% (917)
Scott Westbrook – 23.57% (605) - DeKalb County Superintendent (GOP)
Wayne Lyles – 58.9% (5,312)
Heath Kirby – 41.1% (3,706) - DeKalb County School Board District 3 (GOP)
Carol Heitt – 63.1% (1,221)
Carolyn Stieffel – 36.9% (714) - DeKalb County School Board District 4 (GOP)
Monty Darwin – 65.82% (1,163)
Tyler Ward – 34.18% (604) - Jackson County Commission District 3 (GOP)
AJ Buckner (i) – 63.64% (4,108)
Hugh Lewis Jr. – 36.36% (2,347) - Lauderdale County Commission District 2 (GOP)
Todd Nix – 62.73% (3,858)
Wesley Smith – 37.27% (2,292) - Lauderdale County School Board District 3 (GOP)
Randy Burns – 56.87% (4,588)
Anita Haddock Olbon – 43.13% (3,479) - Lawrence County School Board District 2 (GOP)
Kesha Bradford Weatherby – 55.21% (593)
Brent Vandiver – 44.79% (481) - Lawrence County School Board District 5 (GOP)
Kenny Hood – 52.1% (483)
Kelly Davenport – 47.9% (44) - Limestone County School Board District 7 (GOP)
Warren Herring – 61.25% (836)
Earl Glaze – 38.75% (529) - Limestone County Circuit Court Clerk (GOP)
Kelly Davis – 51.75% (6,484)
Marge Bishop – 32.16% (4,030)
Lacy Beth McMunn – 16.09% (2,016) - Madison County Probate Judge (Libertarian)
Jeffrey Johnson – 59.73% (175)
John Bruce – 40.27% (118) - Madison County Commission Chairman (Libertarian)
Alan Barksdale – 50.34% (148)
Jason Clark – 49.66% (146) - Madison County Commission District 1 (Libertarian)
Mark Jean – 57.69% (30)
Justin Weil – 42.31% (22) - Madison County Commission District 3 (GOP)
Craig Hill (i) – 59.66% (5,995)
Dusty Yarbrough – 40.34% (3,995) - Madison County Commission District 6 (Democrat)
Violet Edwards (i) – 74.95% (2,020)
JesHenry Malone – 25.05% (675) - Madison County School Board District 2 (GOP)
Wes Jones – 57.94% (1,964)
Adrian Bone – 29.71% (1,007)
Mark Cowherd – 12.36% (419) - Marshall County Circuit 27 Place 3 Judge (GOP)
Matt Elliott – 71.94% (8,325)
John Paul Burson – 28.06% (3,247) - Morgan County Commission District 3 (GOP)
Don Stisher (i)- 38.86% (5,673)
Matthew Frost – 32.89% (4,802)
Gary Livingston – 28.25% (4,124) - Morgan County Commission District 4 (GOP)
Greg Abercrombie (i) – 65.11% (9,260)
Keith Allison – 20.61% (2,931)
Charles Pitman – 14.28% (2,031) - Morgan County School Board District 5 (GOP)
Geoff Halbrooks – 74.93% (5,665)
Jimmy Dobbs (i) – 25.07% (1,895)
