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Election 2008 Primary Results
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Election results

 

How Newton County Voted

 

Board of Commissioners Chairman

(D)

Emmett Denby 466 11.28%

Kathryn Morgan 2,066 49.99%

Hubert White 1,601 38.74%

(runoff between Morgan and White)

 

(R)

Ed Hutter 1,275 21.39%

Susette Monk 1,482 24.87%

* (i) Aaron Varner 3,203 53.74%

 

 

Newton County Sheriff

(D)

* Ezell Brown 3,043 72.4%

Gwen Hightower 1,160 27.6%

 

(R)

Stacey Cotton 2,915 49.17%

Christopher Cowan 298 5.03%

Martin Roberts 1,053 17.76%

Bill Watterson 1,662 28.04%

(runoff between Cotton and Watterson)

 

BOC Dist. 1

(D)

*Mark Patrick 284 50.81%

Willie Smith 275 49.19%

 

(R)

*(i) Mort Ewing 1,200 64.62%

Ann Wilson 657 35.38%

 

BOC Dist. 3

(D)

Jimmy Clark 564 41.02%

Andre Cooper 155 11.27%

Victor Etefia 86 6.25%

Nancy Shulz 486 35.35%

Gabrial White 84 6.11%

(runoff between Clark and and Shulz)

 

(R)

Matthew Eason 311 29.45%

*Keith Micham 745 70.55%

 

BOC Dist. 5

(D)

*Randy Vinson 616 90.9%

 

(R)

*Tim Fleming 1,079 63.92%

John Travis 609 36.08%

 

Newton County Tax Commissioner

(R)

*(i) Barbara Dingler 4,411 74.17%

Doris Strickland 1,536 25.83%

 

State Senator Dist. 17

(R)

Mike Crotts 2,156 37.06%

*(i) John Douglas 3,661 62.94%

 

State Rep. Dist. 95

(D)

*Toney Collins 770 67.43%

George Wilson 372 32.57%

 

U.S. Rep. Dist. 8

(D)

*(i) Jim Marshall 1,818 69.5%

Robert Nowak 798 30.5%