Three

local races - including both school board

seats and one county commission post

- are headed for an Aug. 8 runoff to

determine the victor.

None

of the candidates in those races received a

majority of the vote. A similar situation

occurred with the race for the District 28 State

Senate seat, also forcing a runoff.

In

the contest for Post 2 on the Board of Education,

Terri Smith was the top vote getter with 32.3

percent, followed by Kim Gatlin who got 21.5

percent of the vote. Those two will face each

other in the runoff. The other candidates were

Geneva H. McCurry (20.4 percent), Kevin Demmitt

(13.9) and Don Apking (11.8).

For

the Post 3 Board of Education seat, Connie Hale

got a 39.5 percent approval, closely followed in

second by Marion Key with 25.4 percent of the

votes. They will also face in the runoff. The

other candidate was Michael Jerrell, who finished

with a 25.4 percent approval.

The

other local runoff will feature A.G.

VanLandingham and Carl Davis battling for Post 1

on the county commission. VanLandingham tallied

43.8 percent of the vote to Davis's 36.4. The

other candidate, Frank Oakley, received 19.8

percent of the vote.

For

the District 28 State Senate spot, incumbent Rick

Price will compete against Mitch Seabaugh in the

runoff. Price received 44.5 percent of the votes

in the district, compared to Seabaugh's 23

percent. Price was also favored by Fayette voters

on the local level, receiving 37.9 percent of

ballots cast.

The

other candidates on the ballot were Dan Lakly and

Charlie Harper. Lakly received 16.7 percent of

the district vote, while Harper garnered 15.8

percent.

Since

all the candidates involved in the runoff are

Republican, anyone who voted with a Democratic

ballot Tuesday cannot vote in the runoff.

However,

the runoff will be open to those who voted

Republican Tuesday and also those who were

eligible to vote Tuesday but chose not to.

For

more information, contact the Fayette County

Board of Elections at 770-460-5730, ext. 5408.