McCormack wins in Morgan
As expected, Georgia voters will go back to the polls June 16 to sort out who will be on the ballot in November, but the May 19 primary did cull the field quite a bit.
Republicans Jason Easley and Terry Lawler were clear favorites in the race for District 1 seat on the Greene County Board of Commissioners, but neither achieved a majority. Jason Easley received 471 votes (38.39 percent) with Lawler totaling 455 (37.08 percent)
William Myers received 243 votes and Keith Eley 58.
Since no Democrats qualified for the post, the runoff will decide who will replace Angela Deering on the board.
Dee Lindsey ran unopposed in District 3.
The District 1 seat on the Greene County Board of Education will be decided in November when Republican Steve Kilgore and Democrat Kristine Mapp will be on the ballot. Democrat Regina Chester ran unopposed for the District 3 BOE seat.
In Morgan County, incumbent Republican Blake McCormack cruised to an easy win in the District 2 race for county commission with 669 votes (78.80 percent). Alan Ludlow received only 180 votes. No Democrats qualified.
Democrat Carl Jones is running unopposed for the District 1 seat.
Republican Andrew Ainslie III ran unopposed for the District 4 seat on the Morgan County Board of Education, as did Cory Seymour in District 5.
Both Republican Brett Dunn and Democrat Eric W. Lee ran unopposed for the District 42 seat in the Georgia House to represent Morgan County.
Republican Brett Mauldin won the District 114 seat in the Georgia House with 78 percent of the vote. Wendell McNeal received 22 percent.
Democrat Michael Caw ran unopposed for the seat that also represents Morgan County.
State Senate 24 Republican Lee Anderson ran unopposed for the District 24 seat in the Georgia Senate. Democrat Lorraine V. Thomas totaled 75.67 percent of the vote to beat Catie Young.
The District 124 seat in the Georgia House will be determined in November when incumbent Republican Trey Rhodes takes on challenger Melanie Miller.
Republican Houston Gaines garnered nearly 70 percent of the vote in the Republican primary for the District 10 seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Pam Delancy did almost as well in the Democratic primary with almost 60 percent. Local precincts reflected similar numbers. Democrat Lexi Doherty had a strong showing in Morgan County with 35.15 percent of the vote.
Mike Collins and Derek Dooley are headed for a runoff in the Republican U.S. Senate race. Collins received 40.5 percent of the vote with Dooley totaling 30.19 percent. The winner will face Democrat Jon Ossoff in November.
Locally, Collins did slightly better with 48.33 percent of the vote in Morgan County and 47.71 percent in Greene.
At the state level, gubernatorial candidates Burt Jones and Rick Jackson are also headed to a runoff. Jones received 38.36 percent of the vote with Jackson tallying 32.52 percent.
Jones did slightly better locally, receiving 43 percent of the vote in Morgan County and 40.29 percent in Greene. Jackson received 33.65 percent in Greene County.
On the other side of the aisle, Keisha Lance Bottoms sewed up the Democratic nomination for governor with 56.22 percent of the vote with Jason Esteves a distant second with 18.66 percent.
Bottoms was not as strong in Morgan with only 49.67 percent of the vote. Mike Thurmond received 23.63 percent in Morgan County.
Runoffs will also decide the race for Lt. Governor: Republican Blake Tillery v. John F. Kennedy and Democrat Josh McClaurin v. Nabilah Parkes.
The same is true for Georgia Secretary of State: Republican Tim Fleming v. Vernon Jones and Democrat Penny Brown Reynolds v. Dana Barrett.
In the race for Attorney General, Republican Brian Strickland and Democrat Tanya Miller cruised to easy wins statewide and locally.
Incumbent Republican Tyler Harper will now face Katherine Juhan-Arnold, who defeated Sedrick Kent Rowe Jr. for the Democratic nomination for Commissioner of Agriculture.
Incumbent Republican John King will await the winner of a runoff between Democrats Keisha Sean Waites and DeAndre Mathis for Insurance Commissioner.
It looks like Republican incumbent Richard Woods narrowly missed winning the primary for State School Superintendent and will have to face Fred “Bubba” Longgrear in a runoff. Lydia Powell narrowly avoided the same but squeaked by with 50.49 percent of the vote from Democrats.
Incumbent Republican Barbara Rivera Holmes will await the winner of a runoff between Democrats Nikki Porcher and Michelle Michi Sanchez for Commissioner of Labor.