Low voter turnout recorded locally

A total of 3,350 voters cast ballots in the local 2024 primary election, a 21.9 percent turnout of the county’s 15,295 registered voters. Election summary results show 1,087 votes were cast by walk-in absentee ballot, 87 by paper absentee and a combined 2,176 on election day at the county’s eight vote center locations.

Complete primary election results for local office races were as follows:

Commissioner, District II (Republican)

• Sam Hobbs – 1,872
• Robert (Bob) Curry – 828

Commissioner, District III (Republican)

• David Risk – 1,228
• Amy L. Casebeer – 1,093
• Joel Walter Lowe – 326

Commissioner, District III (Democrat)

• William L. Jennings – 260
• John Wayne Keene – 200

County Council, At-Large (Republican) (3 seats)

• Polly Chesser (R) – 1,285
• Joe Frye (R) – 1,264
• Daniel Browning (R) – 1,206
• Norman Warner III (R) – 1,180
• William (Bill) Pursell (R) – 1,037

County Council, At-Large (Democrat)

• Sandra (Wood) Calvert – 453 

County Auditor

• Sheila Reeves (R) – 2,280

Precinct Committee, Clay 1

• Verl Keith (R) – 76
• Roger Daniel (R) – 55

Precinct Committee, Clay 2

• Daniel Browning (R) – 132

Precinct Committee, Franklin

• Leroy Gentry (R) – 101
• Denise Line (R) – 49

Precinct Committee, Harrison

• Troy Lantz (R) – 43

Precinct Committee, Jackson

• John Hunter (R) – 101
• Barron Eugene Barnett – 48

Precinct Committee, Jefferson

• Andrew (Andy) Wood (R) – 108
• Greg A. Melton (R) – 48

Precinct Committee, Jennings

• Susan M. Huftel (R) – 61

Precinct Committee, Lafayette

• Cris Lunsford (R) – 130
• Vincent P. Meyers (R) – 46

Precinct Committee, Marion

• Christine J. Hutson (R) – 95

Precinct Committee, Montgomery

• Lori L. Warner (R) – 110

Precinct Committee, Morgan

• Sharon Close (R) – 89
• Kenneth (Kenny) Anderson (R) – 71
• Craig D. Lopossa (R) – 23

Precinct Committee, Taylor

• Charlie Hallam (R) – 79
• Nick Robertson (R) – 50

Precinct Committee, Washington 1

• Sam Hobbs (R) – 210
• Patty Edwards (R) – 135

Precinct Committee, Washington 2

• Joe Frye (R) – 150
• David R. Weaver (R) – 58

Precinct Committee, Washington 3

• Gary R. Dubois (R) – 89

Precinct Committee, Washington 4

• William (Bill) Pursell (R) - 46
• Richard Dunigan (R) – 34
• Janet Stogsdill Schmidt (R) – 26

Precinct Committee, Wayne 1

• Viola M. Hall (R) – 60
• Larry Bruce Norman (R) – 40

Precinct Committee, Wayne 2

• Gary Burton (R) – 119

State Convention Delegate, At-Large 

• Daniel Browning (R) – 1,738
• Sam Hobbs (R) – 2,040
• Verl Keith (R) – 1,727
• Denise Line (R) – 1,425
• David Risk (R) – 1,785
• Kristi Risk (R) – 1,678
• Lori L. Warner (R) – 1,686
• Norman Warner III (R) – 1,660

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