West, Wilkes win election

Published 10:00 am Thursday, June 3, 2010

When the dust settled after Tuesday night’s election, there were several races decided and several others still up in the air.

Two of the bigger winners were Charles West, who is seeking another term as sheriff, and Randy Wilkes, who was running for Superintendent.

West earned a spot in November’s primary election, while Wilkes faces no opposition in November.

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Incumbent Charlie Sankey, Jr. earned the win for County Commission District 5, and Troy Hudson won re-election for Board of Education District 2.

Despite bouts of rain throughout the day, Probate Judge Jim Perdue estimated turnout for the election at around 50 percent.

“Our Republican interest in boxes wasn’t as high as I would have thought, but I think people are still more interested in local elections than the state races,” Perdue said.

Several races will feature a runoff election on July 13, including County Commission Districts 1, 2 and 4.

Nearly all the votes have been counted from the election — the only exception is provisional ballots, and Perdue said he doesn’t expect those to have much effect on the race.

“Based on reports from the polls, we’ll have less than 10 provisional ballots across the county,” he said.

Governor (D)

Ron Sparks 2,284 70.62%

Artur Davis 950 29.38%

U.S. Senator (D)

William G. Barnes 1,765 69.65%

Simone De Moore 769 30.35%

Attorney General (D)

James H. Anderson 1,716 64.01%

Giles Perkins 534 19.92%

Michel Nicrosi 431 16.08%

State Treasurer (D)

Charley Grimsley 1,579 63.41%

Jeremy Sherer 911 36.59%

Crenshaw County Commission, District 1 (D)

Ricky McElwain 344 40.90%

Robert McGough 269 31.99%

W.L. Massey 148 17.60%

Anderson (Andy) Pouncey 80 9.51%

Crenshaw County Commission, District 2 (D)

Michelle Stephens 322 48.35%

Michael Casalinuovo 211 31.68%

Ronnie Blackmon 133 19.97%

Crenshaw County Commission, District 3 (D)

Merrill Sport 468 52%

Kyle Richburg 432 48%

Crenshaw County Commission, District 4 (D)

Chris West 180 34.82%

Ronnie Hudson 168 32.50%

Darryl E. Elliott 122 23.60%

Douglas Free 47 9.09%

Crenshaw County Commission, District 5 (D)

Charlie Sankey, Jr. 414 54.12%

LaFreda Daniels Griffin 351 45.88%

Sheriff (D)

Charles West 1,973 54.52%

Edward Williams 1,400 38.68%

Stanley Horn 246 6.80%

Superintendent (D)

Randy Wilkes 2,145 58.83%

Joseph Eiland 1,501 41.17%

Crenshaw County Board of Education (D)

Troy Hudson 399 64.56%

Kirk Alsbrooks 219 35.44%

Governor (R)

Tim James 317 46.01%

Roy Moore 137 19.88%

Robert Bentley 115 16.69%

Bradley Byrne 107 15.53%

Charles Taylor 6 0.87%

Bill Johnson 4 0.58%

James Potts 3 0.44%

Lieutenant Governor (R)

Kay Ivey 408 66.13%

Hank Erwin 129 20.91%

Gene Ponder 80 12.97%

U.S. Senator (R)

Richard Shelby 575 85.82%

N,C. “Clint” Moser 95 14.18%

U.S. Representative, Second Congressional District (R)

Martha Roby 288 47.06%

Rick Barber 151 24.67%

Stephanie Bell 130 21.24%

John Beau McKinney III 43 7.03%

Attorney General (R)

Luther Strange 341 51.12%

Troy King 326 48.88%

State Senator, District 30 (R)

Bryan Taylor 330 58.93%

Ray Boles 122 21.79%

Ken Barnett 108 19.29%

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Place 2 (R)

Mike Bolin 354 64.25%

Tracy W. Cary 197 35.75%

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Place 3 (R)

Tom Parker 345 63.54%

Eric Johnston 124 22.84%

James Houts 74 13.63%

State Treasurer (R)

Young Boozer 369 55.41%

George Wallace, Jr. 297 44.59%

Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries (R)

Dorman Grace 352 57.99%

John McMillan 174 28.67%

Dale Peterson 81 13.34%

Public Service Commission, Place 1 (R)

Twinkle Cavanaugh 334 59.43%

Stephen Evans 132 23.49%

Chris Barber 96 17.08%

Public Service Commission, Place 2 (R)

Terry Dunn 280 55.67%

Chip Brown 223 44.33%

Crenshaw County Republican Executive Committee, Place 2 (R)

Lomax Tomlin 425 72.16%

Harold Sorenson 164 27.84%

Proposed Statewide Amendment No. 1

No 2,134 66.63%

Yes 1,069 33.37%

Total Ballots Cast 4,468

Democratic 3,769 84.36%

Republican 696 15.58%