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Voters headed to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes. Here J.E. Crawford signs in for the voting process at the armory in Marked Tree. Poll workers helping him are, from left: Christine Comstock and Joan Thompson. (Tribune photo/Dan Brawner) |
Several local races were decided at Tuesday's polls with a run off set for the county judge race.
In the race for county judge, Charles Nix won the most votes with 1,298 votes. Steve Jernigan received 1,035 votes and incumbent Doyle Hillis received 946 votes. Nix and Jernigan will face off in a run off set for June 10.
In the district judge race, Ron Hunter received 1,482 votes against incumbent Steve Inboden who won 1,293 votes. Chet Dunlap received 584 votes. Inboden and Hunter will face each again in the general election this November.
In other local races, incumbent Fonda Condra defeated challenger Chris King with 2,806 votes to 456 votes. Tammie Stanford was elected county treasurer with 2,429 votes. Her former challenger Carolyn Wages received 768 votes despite withdrawing from the race earlier this month.
For the Justice of the Peace District 10 race, Larry Steakley won the seat with 248 votes against Paul Howard, who received 95 votes.
Unopposed Democratic candidates included Mark Pryor, U.S. Senate; Marion Berry, U.S. Congress District 1; Buddy Lovell, State Representative District 56; Larry Mills, sheriff; Claudia Matthews, circuit clerk; Johnny Rye, Jr., assessor; John Davis, coroner; Randy Jones, Justice of the Peace District 1; Elizabeth Schwarz, Justice of the Peace District 2; J.C. Carter, Justice of the Peace District 4; Johnny Johnson, Justice of the Peace District 5; Jerry G. Terry, Justice of the Peace District 6; Brent Henderson, Justice of the Peace District 7; John Salder, Justice of the Peace District 8; Mary Ann Arnold, Justice of the Peace District 9; Harold Blackwood, District of the Peace District 11; Don Horne, Constable of Little River Township; Charles "Bill" Rudd, Constable of Dobson Township.
Unopposed Republican candidates include Darrell Rains, Justice of the Peace District 6; Coty Powers, Justice of the Peace District 9; and Jackie Ragan, Constable of Little River Township.



