2024 primary election: Part deux
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Rodger Williamson
THIS JUST IN: Despite a low voter turnout of just over 21%, Alabama went big for Donald Trump! … But of course, most all of y’all already knew that was going to happen.
Here in Coosa County former President Trump took in 1,889 votes, while at the state level Trump took in 486,883 votes, forcing his last Republican rival, Nikki Haley, to finally suspend her campaign. In contrast, President Joe Biden earned only 405 votes in Coosa County, and at the state level took just 165,567 votes.
Barry Moore won the Republican 1st Congressional District.
Shomari Figures won the Democratic 2nd Congressional District.
Dick Brewbaker won the Republican 2nd Congressional District.
Mike Rogers won the Republican 3rd Congressional District.
Robert B. Aderholt won the Republican 4th Congressional District.
The 5th Congressional District was not due for reelection.
Gary Palmer won the Republican 6th Congressional District.
Terri A. Sewell won the Democratic 7th Congressional District.
Christian Horn won the Republican 7th Congressional District.
Sarah Stewart won the Republican chief justice of the Supreme Court
Chad Hanson won Republican Court of Civil Appeals judge, Place 2.
Rich Anderson won Republican Court of Criminal Appeals judge, Place 2.
Twinkle Cavanaugh won Republican president, Public Service Commission.
Kelly Mooney won Republican State Board of Education member, District 3.
Allen Long won Republican State Board of Education member, District 7.
David Carpenter won Democratic Circuit Court judge, 10th Judicial Court, Place 5.
Frederic A. Bolling won Democratic Circuit Court judge, 10th Judicial Court, Place 13.
Vicki Davis won Republican Circuit Court judge, 13th Judicial Circuit, Place 11.
Monet Gaines won Democratic Circuit Court judge, 15th Judicial Circuit, Place 6.
Gregory Griggers won Democratic Circuit Court judge, 17th Judicial Circuit, Place 1.
Dee Calhoon won Republican Circuit Court judge, 19th Judicial Circuit, Place 4.
Matt Elliott won Republican Circuit Court judge, 27th Judicial Circuit, Place 3.
Emily Johnston won Republican Circuit Court judge, 32nd Judicial Circuit, Place 2.
Mary Parker won Democratic Delegates 1st Congressional District.
Vivian Davis Figures won Democratic Delegates 2nd Congressional District.
Jeremy Gray won Democratic Delegates 3rd Congressional District.
Susan McKenney won Democratic Delegates 4th Congressional District.
Laura Hall won Democratic Delegates 5th Congressional District.
Jane Grey Battle won Democratic Delegates 6th Congressional District.
Sheila Tyson won Democratic Delegates 7th Congressional District.
Jamey Johnson won Republican circuit clerk for Coosa County.
The proposed statewide amendment lost with 359,770 no votes against 341,139 yes votes.
The local referendum for Coosa EMS won with 1,541 yes votes against 966 no votes.
Let us not forget that Chase Oliver is the current leading Libertarian presidential candidate, giving everyone an option should they find neither Trump nor Biden appealing.
While there will be some runoff elections in the future, for now I am simply calling “wins” based upon the numbers reported. Congratulations to the winners, a tip of the hat to all who ran for a position, and a thank you to our founders who established term lengths, so that we the people may vote out politicians who perform poorly.
Meanwhile, life goes on, and the campaigning will continue for those who won their primaries until Tuesday, the fifth of November. Remember, if you didn’t vote (I’m speaking to the almost 80% of registered Alabama voters who did not vote on Tuesday), you don’t get to complain about who won, or lost.