Greensboro Mayor Corey Williams appears to have fought off two challengers to remain the mayor of Greensboro for four more years, defeating Vince Lewis and Greensboro City Councilman Christopher Moore.
But it was close. Unofficial results indicate Williams tallied 326 votes, but Lewis got 307. Moore finished with only 138 votes.
Ten candidates were vying for five seats on the Greensboro City Council, and the winners were Jontavious Smith with 464 votes, Randy Barnhart with 446 votes, Morris Miller with 427 votes, Mark Smith with 325 votes, and Ricky Crosby with 329 votes. Cynthia Rivers and Peter White came close with more than 300 votes but narrowly missed the election. William Sisson received only 169 votes, finishing last.
Lanier Rhodes held on to his seat as mayor of Union Point as well, receiving 155 votes to defeat Makial Dunn, who received 118 votes, and Jennie E. Williams, who received only 56 votes.
All five incumbents running for city council seats in Union Point will remain the council, including Jimmy Scott (243 votes), Sally Boswell (259 votes), Mary Mundy (252 votes), William Harris (263 votes) and Teneisha Pinkney (239 votes). Challenger Kaylin Johnson won the final seat with 213 votes, and the other challenger, Clarence Hilsman, narrowly missed election with 200 votes.
In Siloam, Karen S. Hill was the lone candidate for mayor, while six candidates sought seats on the city council. Larry C. Benton, Linda W. Jarrard, Bobby Lee Hill Jr., Edith Diane Jefferson, and Rodrick F. Humphrey were the winners, with Billy Marchman finishing out the running with only 30 votes. Jarrard was the top choice with 50 votes.
The municipal election for the city of White Plains was canceled because all six candidates ran unopposed, including Mayor William R. Moore and councilors William R. Coleman, Grant S. Coleman, Tony M. Bell, Hammond Shelnutt III, and David Keith McMullen.
No election was scheduled for the City of Woodville.
The city of Rutledge was the only Morgan County city to hold an election.
Although none of the incumbents currently serving on the Rutledge City Council qualified, two candidates qualified to run for mayor: Tim Odum and Allen Smith.
Odum with the overwhelming favorite among voters and won with 123 votes to 57 for Smith.
Sherry Dukes and Kelly Russell Brownlee ran unopposed for the two city council seats vacated by incumbents.
The three incumbent members of the Madison City Council (Mayor Fred Perriman and Councilors Betsy Wagenhauser and Eric Joyce) all qualified without opposition.
The same was true of Bostwick.
All five incumbents currently serving on the Bostwick City Council are qualified to run for re-election without opposition, including Mayor John Bostwick and city councilors Damon Malcom, Angie Howard, Ken Johnson, and Lee Nunn.
All members of the Buckhead town council were elected in 2023 and will not be up for reelection until 2027.
In the statewide election, it appears Democrats have shattered the Republican stranglehold on the Georgia Public Service Commission. Democrat Peter Hubbard received nearly 63 percent of the vote to incumbent Republican Fitz Johnson’s 37 percent. Democrat Alicia Johnson fared nearly as well with close to 63 percent over incumbent Tim Echols.
Morgan County voters preferred Echols over Johnson by more than 500 votes and Johnson over Hubbard by about the same margin.
According to Morgan County elections supervisor Jennifer Doran, turnout was 17.41 percent, with 1,718 voting on election day and 1,101 taking advantage of early voting. Thirty absentee ballots were received.
It does not appear that a runoff election will be necessary, but if one is needed, it will be held Dec. 2.