Coosa voters lean Republican in general election
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By Christa Jennings
Senior Staff Writer
The unofficial results for Tuesday’s general election are in, and more registered voters opted to skip the election than those who cast ballots.
However, of the county’s 46.89 voter turnout, Coosa County leaned Republican. In contested races, at the county level unofficial results reflect Republican Party candidates getting approximately 60% of the vote while Democratic Party candidates received approximately 30-40% of the vote.
Once again Coosa County had a better voter turnout than the state as a whole, with unofficial results reflecting that the state’s overall voter turnout was 43.96%.
Regarding straight-party voting, Coosa County had 1,828 straight-party Republican ballots cast, or 61.28%, compared to the county’s 1,155 straight-party Democratic ballots, or 38.71%.
Of the county’s 3,849 total ballots cast, that means that 77.5% of Coosa’s voters cast straight-party tickets rather than voting in individual races and for individual candidates.
At the state level, a total of 549,433 straight ticket Democratic ballots and 645,002 straight ticket Republican ballots were cast. Combined, those accounted for 70.5% of all ballots cast in Tuesday’s election, based on unofficial results.
Locally, Coosa County did not have any contested races, meaning that all local candidates ran unopposed and were elected to office. However, with the lack of options at the local level, some voters opted to cast write-in votes for some offices.
While any names written in were not reviewed because they would not have affected the outcome, overall numbers were reflected with the county’s election results. For County Commission District 1 there were 16 write-in votes, for Commission District 2 there were 10 write-in votes, for Commission District 3 there were eight write-in votes, for Commission District 4 there were five write-in votes, for Commission District 5 there were six write-in votes, for sheriff there were 40 write-in votes, for revenue commissioner there were 29 write-in votes, for coroner there were 26 write-in votes, for Board of Education District 1 there were nine write-in votes, for Board of Education District 3 there were eight write-in votes, and for Board of Education District 4 there were 11 write-in votes.
At the statewide level all four proposed amendments passed, with the second proposed amendment having the closest race.
The first statewide amendment passed with 65.41% of the vote, the second passed with just 50.92% of the vote, the third passed with 62.57% of the vote, and the fourth passed with 58.58% of the vote.
Similar results were reflected locally, with Coosa County voters also approving all four proposed amendments by a majority, and with the second proposed amendment also being the closest contest with 51.14% of “yes” votes and 48.85% “no” votes.
Based on the unofficial results available Tuesday night, the county received 88 absentee ballots.
Of the county’s 12 precincts, Equality had the highest voter turnout with 55.29% turnout, or 329 ballots cast out of the precinct’s 595 voters.
The second highest in the county was Cottage Grove, which had 160 ballots cast out of the 302 registered voters, making it a 52.98% voter turnout.
The lowest in the county was Marble Valley, with a 40.14% voter turnout. Stewartville was the second lowest with a 40.80% turnout.
Following Tuesday’s election, provisional ballot counting and the certification of the election will be held Tuesday starting at 12 p.m. in the County Courthouse.
The Coosa County Canvassing Board will then count all provisional ballots that have been certified by the Board of Registrars as being eligible.
Once reviewed and verified, those results will be added to the county’s election night results. The official election results will then be available and provided to local party chairs and Canvassing Board members for verification.
Once verified by both parties and Board members, the Canvassing Board will then certify the general election and make the county’s election results official.
Additionally, following the general election, a post-election audit will be conducted as enacted by Act 2026-433. Judge of Probate Richard Dean stated that the audit will be conducted in accordance with the Code of Alabama 1975, as amended. A date has not yet been set for the post-election audit, but will be announced at a later time.
Updates on the county’s provisional ballot counts and official election results will be reported in next week’s edition.
