• Election Results

    Super Tuesday went smoothly for area voters, despite the rain, turnout for a primary and caucus election was good. The total number of voters was 6,507 with 6,023 Republicans and 459 Democrats.

    Here are the results of the election for local and area offices.

    For Circuit Court Judge, incumbent Judge John Bentley won with 3,315 votes in Winston County and 4,109 in Marion County for a total of 7,424. Suzanne Childers received 1,660 votes in Winston and 1,918 in Marion for a total of 3.578.

    For Constable Winston County Precinct 1, Mark Farris won with a total of 566 over Ron Alexander 375.

    Congressman Robert Aderholt received 4,348 and his opponent Phil Norris had a total of 1,191. Senator Shelby carried Winston County with 3,433 versus 1,649 votes for Jonathan McConnell.