Results come from the Georgia Secretary of State’s website and the ACC Elections Office website.
Turnout
13,804 people voted in Athens out of 69,968 registered voters (19.7% turnout).
Democratic Primary Results
US House, District 10
Lexy Doherty — 59.0%
Jessica Fore — 41.0%
8,805 votes were cast in Athens out of 30,572 total votes.
GA House, District 124
Melanie Miller — 82.0%
Rickie Glenn — 18.0%
1,004 votes were cast in Athens out of 2,395 total votes.
Sheriff
John Q Williams — 65.3%
Tommy Dorsey — 34.7%
9,460 votes were cast in total.
Tax Commissioner
JP Lemay — 62.0%
Brant Spratlin — 37.9%
8,497 votes were cast in total.
Coroner
Michael Eberhart — 79.8%
William Gaulden — 20.2%
8,213 votes were cast in total.
Uncontested races
GA House District 120, GA House District 121, GA House District 122, GA Senate District 46, GA Senate District 47, District Attorney and Clerk of Superior Court were all uncontested in the Democratic primary.
Republican Primary Results
GA Senate, District 47
Frank Ginn — 62.2%
Ross Harvin — 37.8%
1,573 votes were cast in Athens out of 14,004 total votes.
GA House, District 121
Marcus Wiedower — 83.1%
John Grigsby — 16.9%
716 votes were cast in Athens out of 5,433 total votes.
Uncontested races
US House District 10, GA House District 120, GA House District 124 and GA Senate District 46 were all uncontested in the Republican primary.
Nonpartisan Election Results
GA Supreme Court Justice
Andrew Pinson — 55.0%
John Barrow — 45.0%
13,191 votes were cast in Athens out of 1,173,249 total votes.
GA Appeals Court Judge
Jeff Davis — 57.1%
Tabitha Ponder — 42.9%
11,656 votes were cast in Athens out of 1,114,078 total votes.
ACC Commission, District 2
Melissa Link — 68.5%
Jason Jacobs — 31.5%
1,606 votes were cast in total.
ACC Commission, District 6
Stephanie Johnson — 58.0%
Rashe Malcolm — 42.1%
1,971 votes were cast in total.
ACC Commission, District 8
Carol Myers — 72.5%
Sidney Waters — 27.5%
1,300 votes were cast in total.
Board of Education, District 2
Claudia Butts — 35.7%
Mary Bagby — 33.5%
Kirrena Gallagher — 30.8%
893 votes were cast in total.
Runoff (June 18)
Mary Bagby — 56.3%
Claudia Butts — 43.8%
161 votes were cast in total out of 7,640 registered voters in the runoff (2.1% turnout).
Uncontested races
Most judge positions, ACC Commission Districts 4 and 10 as well as Board of Education Districts 4, 6 and 8 were uncontested.
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