Hannah (pictured at right) takes sheriff race; DA Ballard defeats Hayes with 60 percent of vote

Incumbents reclaim seats for Board of Education; Horgan, Frady fend off challengers for county but Pfeifer faces runoff against Hearn

Following are the Fayette County results from the July 15 primary election.

These figures reflect 37 of the 38 precincts INCLUDING the absentee ballots. The only remaining precints is for overseas votes from the military, which are typically allowed until late Friday and provisional votes.

Winners are highlighted in BOLD type.
(Republican)

Fayette County sheriff

Barry Babb 4,562 (32.97%)

Wayne Hannah 6,963 (50.33%)

Thomas Mindar 381 (2.75%)

Dave Simmons 1,930 (13.95%)

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District Attorney, Griffin Circuit
(With 96 percent of precincts reporting, Ballard won 14,512 votes (60.9 percent) while Hayes tallied 9,322 votes (39.1 percent)

Scott Ballard (I) 8,702 (63.29%)

Rudjard Hayes 5,047 (36.71%)

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County Commission Post 1

Greg Dunn 6,221 (46.65%)

Robert Horgan (I) 7,114 (53.35%)

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County Commission Post 2

Herb Frady (I) 6,826 (51.50%)

Bob Fuhrman 6,429 (48.50%)

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County Commission Post 3
RUNOFF

Lee Hearn 4,910 (36.71%)

Stuart Kourajian 2,352 (17.59%)

Peter Pfeifer (I) 6,112 (45.70%)

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School Board Post 1

Dave Houston 6,038 (46.10%)

Janet Smola (I) 7,059 (53.90%)

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School Board Post 2

Mary Kay Bacallao 5,635 (43.03%)

Terri Smith (I) 7,459 (56.97%)

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School Board Post 3

Mark Aasen 1,527 (11.49%)

Carol Jensen-Linton 3,318 (24.98%)

Marion Key (I) 8,440 (63.53%)

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Judge of Probate Court
RUNOFF

Ann Jackson 5,197 (39.71%)

Steve Kiser 3,838 (29.33%)

Jim Whitlock 4,051 (30.96%)

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Tax Commissioner

Linda Wells 4.498 (32.65%)

George Wingo (I) 9,277 (67.35%)

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Ga. House District 73
(These results are from Fayette County only. With 90 percent of all precincts in the district reporting, Yates had a sizeable 4,283 votes compared to Williams' 1,989.)

Rick Williams 752 (34.39%)

John Yates (I) 1,435 (65.61%)

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Democratic Primary results

State Senate District 34
(These are Fayette votes only. With 67 percent of precincts reporting, Seay had a lead of 3,976 to Campbell's 2,547)

Stephanie Campbell 590

Valencia Seay (I) 1,168

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Ga. House District 66
(These are Fayette votes only. With 62 percent of precincts reporting, Fludd had a commanding lead of 1,585 to Biemiller's 616).

Connie Biemiller 219

Virgil Fludd (I) 390

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