Oconee County, GA Politics

As expected locally, Republican candidates swept all the contested seats in Oconee County with as much as a a 4-to-1 margin with Hank Huckaby cruising in the 113th House Contest; HANK HUCKABY (R) 0 0 3264 0 3264 80.39% SUZY COMPERE (D) 0 0 790 0 790 19.46% Write-in Votes 0 0 6 0 6 0.15% MARK H. THOMAS (R) 0 0 3135 0 3135 77.83% CARTER STRICKLAND(D) 0 0 885 0 885 21.97% Write-in Votes 0 0 8 0 8 0.20% PAMELA LOHR HENDRIX 0 0 992 0 992 27.31% DAVID R. SWEAT (I) 0 0 2638 0 2638 72.63% Write-in Votes

By nearly identical 2-1 resounding ratios, the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax passed (1039 to 400) and Michael Ward defeated Janet Jones (60 to 31) in Bogart in the special election Tuesday night in Oconee County, Georgia. The biggest shocker on this St. Patrick's Day Tuesday evening is that once again we are teased with the prospect of leaving Madison County itinerant State Senator Ralph Hudgens behind us as he claims he is running for State Insurance Commissioner, currently held by John Oxendine who is running for Governor rather poorly at the moment.

Six votes separated incumbent G. Melvin Davis and challenger Sarah Bell going into the final section to be tallied. But Davis pulled away for the 100 vote win in the race for the chair of the Board of Commissioners for Oconee County. This is Davis's third consecutive term for the chair post. Other winners in the evening include Davis's former opponent in John Daniell, who defeated incumbent Don Norris. Incumbents Margaret Hale and Chuck Horton won by surprisingly comfortable margins, Hale 3-to-1 over Esther Porter, and Horton by 500+ votes over grader Mike Maxey. The Board of Education races were surprising to some, as Ashley Hood was defeated by Kim Argo in every precinct. Chuck Toney was defeated by Mike Hunter. Mack Guest was re-elected by a wide margin in the only returning regular Board member. Tom Breedlove won with little publicity over Kyle Martin. Breedlove will take on Rich Clark in November. Congratulations to all the winners and to everyone for a race well run. C...

GA - President - Oconee - Dem Primary 14 of 14 Precincts Reporting - 100% Name Party Votes Vote % Obama, Barack Dem 1,816 55% Clinton, HillaryDem 1,358 41% Edwards, John Dem 111 3% Kucinich, D Dem 5 0% Biden, Joe Dem 4 0% Richardson, B Dem 4 0% Gravel, Mike Dem 3 0% Dodd, Chris Dem 1 0%