When the Coweta

County Commission convenes in January, there will be two new faces deciding

the county's business.

Coweta's voters

sent incumbent Commissioner Lawrence Nelms to an early retirement Tuesday

votes to Nelms' 554 votes.

The primary

race turned a little bitter with DeMoss hammering some of Nelms' record

as a county commissioner.

DeMoss pledged

to work with municipal leaders instead of confronting them, like he maintained

the current County Commission does.

DeMoss now

faces Democrat Willie Pritchett in the November election.

In the other

commission race, Greg Tarbutton defeated Jeff Estep. Tarbutton received

795 votes to Estep's 670 votes.

Tarbutton faces

Democratic challenger John Houston in November. The winner of the race

replaces Commission Chairman Jim McGuffey who decided not to seek reelection

this year.