Election Results ~ 31 July 2012

As of 10:24,

Per the Covington News. Here are the final results from Newton Co.:


Board of Commissioners ChairmanMarcus Jordan- 53.34%
Kathy Morgan- 46.66%
22 of 22 precincts reporting
BOC, District 1John Douglas- 59.20%
John L. Strauss- 40.80%
7 of 7 precincts reporting
Board of Commissioners, District 3
Tony Flanagan - 43.58%
Nancy Schulz - 56.42%
6 of 6 precincts reporting
Board of Commissioners, District 5 (Democrat)Marcello Banes- 62.50%
Philip Johnson- 37.50%
11 of 11 precincts reporting
Board of Commissioners, District 5 (Republican)Ronnie Dimsdale- 29.80%
Wesley Dowdy- 11.64%
Levie A. Maddox- 29.80%
Jared Rutberg- 28.76%
11 of 11 precincts reporting
Board of Education, District 4Almond Turner-66.94%
Franklin Perry- 33.06%
8 of 8 precincts reporting
SheriffPhillip Bradford- 55.26%
Bill Watterson- 44.74%
22 of 22 precincts reporting
Superior Court Judge, Alcovy Circuit (all seats are non-partisan) Seat 3 Stephanie R. Lindsey - 44.28%
John M. Ott (Incumbent) - 55.68%
22 of 22 precincts reporting

State Representative- District 109 (Republican)Steve Davis (Incumbent)- 33.06%
Dale Rutledge- 66.94%
2 of 2 precincts reporting
State Representative-District 113 (Democratic)
Toney Collins- 24.33%
Pam Dickerson (Incumbent) - 39.80%
Sharon Sawyer- 35.87%
10 of 10 precincts reporting
U.S. Representative District 4 (Republican)Greg Pallen- 49.47%
J. Chris Vaughn- 50.53%
17 of 17 precincts reporting
U.S. Representative District 4 (Democratic)Courtney L. Dillard, Sr.- 31.49%
Hank Johnson, Jr. (Incumbent) - 64.06%
Lincoln Nunnally- 4.45%
17 of 17 precincts reporting
U.S. Representative District 10 (Republican)Paul C. Broun, M.D. (Incumbent)- 74.28%
Stephen K. Simpson- 25.72%
8 of 8 precincts reporting
T-SPLOST
Yes - 36.47%
No - 63.53%
22 of 22 precincts reporting


Numbers on US Congress and Statewide TSPLOST regions coming soon...

As of 9:43,

Newton Co. Results:


Board of Commissioners ChairmanMarcus Jordan- 52.79%
Kathy Morgan- 47.21%
15 of 22 precincts reporting
BOC, District 1John Douglas- 58.23%
John L. Strauss- 41.77%
4 of 7 precincts reporting
Board of Commissioners, District 3
Tony Flanagan - 42.84%
Nancy Schulz - 57.16%
4 of 6 precincts reporting
Board of Commissioners, District 5 (Democrat)Marcello Banes- 58.54%
Philip Johnson- 41.46%
9 of 11 precincts reporting
Board of Commissioners, District 5 (Republican)Ronnie Dimsdale- 29.12%
Wesley Dowdy- 11.62%
Levie A. Maddox- 29.59%
Jared Rutberg- 29.67%
9 of 11 precincts reporting
Board of Education, District 4Almond Turner-69.74%
Franklin Perry- 30.26%
6 of 8 precincts reporting
SheriffPhillip Bradford- 54.64 %
Bill Watterson- 45.36 %
15 of 22

The Hon. Judge John Ott will win reelection as Chief Judge of the Alcovy Judicial Circuit. Now leading with 62%. 

GA 4: Pallen 45 / Vaughn 55. Looking like J. Chris Vaughn will take it.
GA 10: Broun is winning in a landslide. Now at 69% to Simpson's 31%.

Surprisingly, GA HOUSE 109 is going down as a landslide. Rutledge is wiping the floor w/ Davis.

GA HOUSE 113 will head to a run-off between Sharon Sawyer and Pam Dickerson.

For the few people who have checked this page out tonight, I'll probably do one more post (maybe 2).



As of 8:36PM,

GA 4: PALLEN 43%/VAUGHN 57% --5400 votes counted
GA 10: BROUN 69% / SIMPSON 31% -- 10,000 votes

NEWTON CO:
ALCOVY: OTT 63% / LINDSEY 37%

STATE HOUSE 113: SHARON SAWYER STILL LEADING W/ 43%...RUNOFF SEEMS LIKELY..
STATE HOUSE  109: RUTLEDGE STILL WINNING BIG W/ 66% OVER DAVIS

TSPLOST:
NORTHEAST GA: NO 63%
ATL: NO 76%
*You can put a fork in TSPLOST in the northern part of Georgia--it's dead! 

No other local results yet... 




As of 8:06PM,

GA 4: PALLEN 51%/VAUGHN 49% --1600 votes counted
GA 10: BROUN 72% / SIMPSON 28% -- 10,000 votes

NEWTON CO:
ALCOVY: OTT 63% / LINDSEY 37%

STATE HOUSE 113: SHARON SAWYER WINNING WITH 45% EARLY...
STATE HOUSE  109: RUTLEDGE WINNING BIG EARLY

TSPLOST:
NORTHEAST GA: NO 60%
ATL: NO 75%

No other local results yet... 

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Ademo Freeman is a true Advocate of Liberty. He lives in the 'shire (New Hampshire) along with many other freedom lovers as part of the Free State Project (http://freestateproject.org/ ).  I had the pleasure of meeting Ademo back in the Spring of 2008 when he and two others liberty activists were touring around the country in MARV, a very noticeable and striking RV that had messages of Freedom & Liberty on it. These gentleman attended meetings, met with people, and basically just tried to spread the good word all throughout America. They came through Covington, GA where they were the guests of a local Libertarian Party meeting.

Right now, Ademo is facing 21 years in prison. What, exactly, you may ask, is his crime? Recording public officials in the course of their public duties...I'm serious. You can read more here: http://www.copblock.org/18279/decades-for-accountability/  Also, check out this video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e-ojh5Pey0&feature=player_embedded

This is the front lines of freedom, people.

And let me stress this--I am not anti-police. I respect and appreciate good and honest officers of the law; however, the growing trend of having a police state in our country is nothing short of disturbing. They may skew on the Anarchy side a bit, but I am a big fan of Ademo's group, CopBlock. You should like their FB page when you get a chance: http://www.facebook.com/CopBlock

I hope things go well for him, and I hope the D.A will just drop the charges or at least offer a plea deal with a completely suspended sentence with no probation.