Primaries prove tough for several Butler Co. incumbents
Published 11:40 am Thursday, June 7, 2018
- Ollie Scott, left, defeated incumbent Wayne Garlock in the coroner primary while Carlton Cook, right, defeated incumbent sheriff Kenny Harden in the Democratic primary.
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The primary elections in Butler County proved to be a tough outing for a few incumbent candidates.
Democrat and current Sheriff Kenny Harden was defeated by Georgiana Police Chief Carlton Cook by over 700 votes.
Ollie Scott defeated current coroner Wayne Garlock by a little under 100 votes. That race was also on the democratic ticket.
Cook has been the police chief in Georgiana for the last year. Harden has served as the Butler County Sheriff for several terms.
The votes began coming in at around 8 p.m. Tuesday night and the last box was counted at 9 p.m.
Cook took the lead when the Dunbar box came in as the ninth box counted out of 24. He took the lead by a little over 200 votes.
With 16 boxes out of 24 in, Cook’s lead became insurmountable at 1,339 votes to 808.
Cook will now go on to face Republican Danny Bond in the general election in November as the Democratic candidate for Sheriff.
Family members and friends were in attendance at the Butler County Courthouse annex to celebrate with Cook and Scott when their win was officially announced.
The total number of ballots cast in the primary elections in Butler County was 5,201. Democrat votes totaled at 3,466 and Republican votes totaled at 1,735. There are a little over 14,000 registered voters in Butler County.
In the United States Democrat Representative 2nd Congressional District race, Martha Roby edged out Bobby Bright by a little over 200 votes.
Here are the primary results from other races around the state:
Governor (Dem.)
Walt Maddox- 1,357
Sue Bell Cobb- 1,078
Governor (Repub.)
Tommy Battle- 313
Scott Dawson- 209
Kay Ivey- 1,184
US 2nd Congressional District (Dem.)
Tabitha Isner- 1,752
Audri Scott Williams- 779
U.S. Rep 2nd Congressional District (Repub.)
Martha Roby- 793
Bobby Bright- 547
Attorney General (Dem.)
Chris Christie- 1,533
Joseph Siegelman- 1,165
Attorney General (Repub.)
Troy King- 749
Chess Bedsole- 388
Secretary of State (Dem.)
Lula Albert “SGM Ret”- 771
Heather Milam- 1,606
Secretary of State (Repub.)
John H Merrill 1,068
Michael Jognson- 331
Butler Co. Sheriff
Carlton Cook- 2,133
Kenny Harden- 1,315
Butler County Coroner
Wayne Garlock- 1,568
Ollie Scott- 1,673
State Democrat Executive Committee
Beulah Cook- 1,954
Valerie Stevens- 651
