Democrat Barack Obama handily won Fayette County by a 2 to 1 margin while Republican Mitt Romney hung on for a slim victory over his two opponents in Tuesday's presidential preference primary.
Romney tallied 7,534 votes, good for 35.79 percent ... ahead of Mike Huckabee's 6,659 (31.63 percent) and John McCain's 6,190 (29.4 percent).
But it was Obama who carried Fayette overall with 9,222 votes, beating rival Hillary Clinton with 67.3 percent compared to Clinton's 4,171 votes (30.44 percent).
Just short of 53 percent of registered voters cast ballots in the primary. The results will not be considered official until they are approved by the Board of Elections Friday, as the extra time is allowed for any outstanding military votes coming from overseas to be counted.
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