Houston County's voters turned out to the polls Tuesday, although there were few local races with party opposition.
The only race with opposition decided at the county level was for Houston County coroner. Incumbent Republican Robert Byrd won re-election with 77.7% of total votes cast, receiving 21,244 votes to the 6,025 votes, or 22%, received by his Democratic challenger Kimberly Rawls.In other Houston County races, Sheriff Donald Valenza had no Democrat opponent. Neither did Republican Brandon Shoupe for the Houston County Commission chairman’s seat, which is elected countywide.
People are also reading… Houston County Board of Education races also went unopposed with Democrat David Hollinger re-elected to District 1 and Republicans Marty Collins and Mark Kelley re-elected to serve District 4 and District 6, respectively. In statewide races, Houston County voters went with Gov. Kay Ivey over her Democrat and Libertarian challengers. Ivey received 76.6% of Houston County votes cast in the governor's race. The majority of Houston County voters also cast their votes for Republican Katie Britt for U.S. Senate over Democrat Will Boyd and Libertarian John Sophocleus. Britt, a Wiregrass native, received 77% of Houston County votes cast in that race.
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