Primary elections election day took place Tuesday at the Jefferson County Election Commission Office on 123 S main street including candidates for county offices for tax collector and justice of the peace in districts one, four, six, eight, and thirteen. The complete but unofficial results were announced by the commission’s chair Michael Adam with a total for all votes in the state amounting to 9,858.
In Jefferson County, Adam announced that Tony Washington unofficially won his second term over Jimmy Fisher with a vote of 4,212 to 1,510. Deltaplex news spoke with Washington after the announcement and he explained his thoughts on voter support.
He also mentioned some of his plans for the tax collector office now that the elections are complete.
The county elections for Justice of Peace district one were between Hermon Horace and Alfred Carroll with Carroll winning his second term since his return with an unofficial total of 421 to 175 votes. Carroll joined live on the Oldies 1013 and spoke about what he thought made the difference in the votes.
In district four, Patricia Johnson won unofficially with 448 votes over opponent Delton Wright who had an unofficial total of 245 votes. In district 6, Margarette Williams unofficially won by a vote of 358 against Glenda Daniels who finished with 179. Roy Agee in district eight won 270 votes against opponent Clarence Davis who had a total of 164. For district 13, Brenda Bishop Gaddy had a total of 307 votes falling to opponent Edward Spears who had a total of 323.
Districts six and eight will compete in general elections with Margarette Williams (D) against Robert Matthews (R) and Roy Agee (R) against Eric Hobbs (D) in November.
