Brooks County—Mid-Term Election was held November 8th and throughout Brooks County locals were hitting the polls up to 7 p.m. when it closed. State and local county spots were on the ballots for all citizens of Brooks County. There were also two Constitutional Amendments and two statewide referendums to vote on.
In Brooks County the voter turnout is listed as 52.9% meaning that 5,640 ballots were cast and 10,647 registered voters are listed in the county. Therefore, only half of the registered voters cast their votes on November 8th election or earlier.
Brooks County Voting Results are:
Local County Contest:
· Board of Education at large Kasey Knight (R) with 3,791 votes at 68%.
· County Commissioner District 1—Lee Larko (R) with 1,023 votes at 78.03%.
· County Commissioner District 2 and District 3 went uncontested therefore Patrick Folsom (R) is District 2 winner with 100% and Willie “Be-Bop” Cody (Dem) is 100% winner for Commissioner in District 3.
· Board of Education District 2—Larry Cunningham (Dem) with 100% no contest, and District 4—Jessica Goodman (Rep) with 100% no contest.
Federal and Statewide Offices results in votes for Brooks County are as follows:
· U.S. Senate—Herschel Junior Walker (Rep) with 3,515 votes at 62.94%.
· Governor---Brian Kemp (Rep) with 3,631 votes at 64.57%.
· Lieutenant Governor—Burt Jones with 3,538 votes at 64.36%.
· Secretary of State—Brad Raffensperger (Rep) with 3,568 votes at 64.93%.
· Attorney General—Chris Carr (Rep) with 3,554 votes at 64.44%
· Commissioner of Agriculture—Tyler Harper with 3,597 votes at 65.06%.
· Commissioner of Insurance—John King with 3,611 votes at 65.68%.
· State School Superintendent—Richard Woods (Rep) with 3,637 votes at 65.86%.
· Commissioner of Labor—Bruce Thompson (Rep) with 3,563 votes at 64.55%.
Federal District Office
· US House of Representatives—Austin Scott (Rep), District 8, with 3,649 votes at 66.05%.
State District Office---State Senate
· District 11—Dean Burke (Rep) with 100%
· District 175—John Lahood (Rep) with 100%
Other---Amendments/Referendums
· Constitutional Amendment 1—Yes with 4,538 votes at 85.82%.
· Constitutional Amendment 2—Yes with 4,707 votes at 87.64%
· Statewide Referendum A—Yes with 3,181 votes at 60.45%.
· Statewide Referendum B—Yes with 3,877 votes at 73.21%.
Statewide Results are as follows:
· United States Senate—Richard Warnock (Dem) at 49.34% that results in a runoff with Herschel Junior Walker (Rep) with results of 48.06% on December 6, 2022.
· Governor---Brian Kemp with 53.50%.
· Lieutenant Governor---Burt Jones with 51.49%
· Secretary of State—Brad Raffensperger with 53.30%
· Attorney General—Chris Carr with 51.96%
· Commissioner of Agriculture—Tyler Harper with 53.06%.
· Commissioner of Insurance—John King with 54.19%
· State School Superintendent—Richard Woods with 54.28%
· Commissioner of Labor—Bruce Thompson with 52.17%
· U.S. House of Representatives (D1)—Earl L. “Buddy” Carter with 59.17%.
· U.S. House of Representative (D2)—Sanford Bishop with 55.05%
· U.S. House of Representative (D3)---Drew Ferguson with 68.76%
· U.S. House of Representative (D4)—Henry C “Hank” Johnson with 78.47%
· U.S. House of Representative (D5)—Nikema Williams with 82.47%
· U.S. House of Representative (D6)—Rich McCormick with 62.74%
· U.S. House of Representative (D7)—Lucy McBath with 61.03%
· U.S. House of Representative (D8)—Austin Scott with 68.60%
· U.S. House of Representative (D9)—Andrew Clyde with 72.37%
· U.S. House of Representative (D10)—Mike Collins with 64.53%
· U.S. House of Representative (D11)—Barry Loudermilk with 63.38%
· U.S. House of Representative (D12)—Rick W. Allen with 59.60%
· U.S. House of Representative (D13)—David Scott with 81.85%.
· U.S. House of Representative (D14)—Marjorie Taylor Greene with 66.12%
· State Senate Results for districts around Georgia and District Attorney
Judicial Circuits can be found here.
· Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1 and 2 were Yes. Statewide Referendum Questions A and B were Yes.
Further results and reporting on all Georgia results can be found at https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/115465/web.307039/#/summary.
Congratulations to all the winners of Georgia and to those in Brooks County.
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