Coweta voters had their say in the 2014 elections and in doing so mirrored voters statewide in the races where Republican David Perdue was elected to the U.S. Senate and Gov. Nathan Deal won another term.
Coweta voters gave overwhelming support to Perdue who took nearly 70 percent of the ballots. Democrat MIchelle Nunn took 27.45 percent of Coweta votes.
Statewide, Perdue took the state with 52.94 percent of the vote compared to 45.15 percent for Nunn.
Perdue was among a number of Republican candidates who won their races to give the U.S. Senate a Republican majority.
Deal in the governor’s race also garnered nearly 70 percent of the votes in Coweta, leaving 27.29 percent of the votes to Democratic challenger Jason Carter.
Deal statewide received 52.8 percent of the vote while Carter took 44.83 percent.
Coweta voters also mirrored electors statewide in agreeing that an increase in the state income tax should be prohibited. Coweta voters supported the amendment with a 79.65 percent of the vote while the statewide tally was 73.89 percent.
A second amendment to allow additional reckless driving fees or penalties to be added to the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund passed in Coweta with 69.39 percent of the vote and statewide with 69.82 percent.
The referendum issue asking if property owned by the University System of Georgia and operated by providers of student housing and other facilities should be exempt from taxation was approved in Coweta with 75.72 percent of the vote and statewide with 73.66 percent.
Election day in Coweta saw 51.38 percent of the county’s 73,334 registered voters casting a ballot.
The strongly Republican vote in Coweta was also visible in other statewide races such as those where Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, Secretary of State Brian Kemp and Attorney General Sam Olens were victorious against Democratic challengers.
