When qualifying for the District 10 seat in the U.S. Congress concluded, 13 candidates had thrown their hats into the ring. That number has now been whittled down to two.
Mike Collins received more votes in the Republican primary, polling just over 4,000 more than Trump-endorsed Vernon Jones, but his victory in the June 21 runoff was decisive. Collins received nearly 75 percent of the 40,981 votes cast.
The story was much the same on the other side of the aisle with Tabitha Johnson-Greene receiving 5,000 more votes than second-place finisher Jessica Allison Fore in the primary, but not enough to earn a majority. In the runoff, Johnson-Greene took home 64 percent of the votes cast, but only 14,072 Democrats voted.
Collins polled 71 percent in Morgan County, and Johnson-Greene received just below 75 percent of the vote.
Jones did a little better in Greene County, but Collins still got nearly 70 percent of the votes. Johnson-Greene was also the overwhelming favorite of Greene County voters with 72 percent.
On Nov. 8, Lake Country voters will help decide if Collins or Johnson-Greene takes a seat in the U.S. Congress.
Democrats also chose Charlie Bailey as their candidate for Lt. Gov. to run against Burt Jones and Bee Nguyen to run against incumbent Brad Raffensberger for Secretary of State.
They also picked Janice Laws Robinson as their candidate for Commissioner of Insurance and William Boddie Jr. as their candidate for Commissioner of Labor. Robinson will face incumbent John King in November, and Boddie will face Bruce Thompson.
Morgan and Greene county voters followed the state trends by a few percentage points for each candidate for state office.