First, I want to congratulate Lee County Elections Supervisor Veronica Johnson and her team for a job well done. With the help of County IT staff, they were able to put up results of Lee County voting live as they got them. Those results can be seen here.
In the only contested race in Lee County, Lee County Board of Commissioners Chairman Ed Duffy of the Palmyra District pushed back challenger Lester Leggette handily, 71% – 29%.
The overall results can be seen on the SoS site, but I want to look briefly at how the candidates did in Lee County as compared to the State:
In Lee County, the top three were Handel (27.3%), Johnson (26.3%), and Oxendine (25.2%), with Deal only getting 12.7% of the Lee County vote. Throughout the State, however, Handel and Deal came out as the top 2 (34.1% and 22.9%), with Johnson losing to Deal by 2.8% and Ox not quite cracking 17%.
According to just Lee County votes, Hudgens and Sheffield should face a runoff, with Hudgens getting 18.45% of the Lee County vote to Sheffield’s 17.1%. Across the State, it is also Hudgens and Sheffield, who pulled out 20.7% and 19.6% across the State.
I’ll have more analysis tonight.
Jeff, Thanks for everything you do! We need more people like yourself to keep us all informed. You and Tom both do an outstanding job with your blog. Please keep up the good work!!