Covington County Primary Election Results: March 5, 2024

Published 5:00 pm Tuesday, March 5, 2024

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(Final update Tuesday, March 5, 9:48 p.m.)

Below are the results from Tuesday’s Primary Election in Covington County.

The vote totals below represent 26 polling places reporting out of Covington County’s 27 voting precincts, which include absentee ballots. Provisional ballots will not be counted until Tuesday, March 12, at noon.

Please note: the totals below are uncertified vote counts.

Runoff elections will be held on Tuesday, April 16.

REPUBLICAN BALLOT

President of the United States of America
Ryan L. Brinkley – 5 votes (0.07%)
Chris Christie – 12 votes (0.16%)
Ron DeSantis – 108 votes (1.46%)
Nikki Haley – 440 votes (5.96%)
Vivek Ramaswamy – 17 votes (0.23%)
David Stuckenberg – 7 votes (0.09%)
Donald J. Trump – 6,716 votes (91.00%)
Uncommitted – 75 votes (1.02%)

U.S. Representative, 1st Congressional District
Jerry Carl – 1,810 votes (25.94%)
Barry Moore – 5,168 votes (74.06%)

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Sarah Stewart – 4,017 votes (63.36%)
Bryan Taylor – 2,323 votes (36.64%)

Court of Civil Appeals Judge, Place 2
Chad Hanson – 2,778 votes (50.96%)
Stephen Davis Parker – 2,673 votes (49.04%)

Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, Place 2
Rich Anderson – 2,986 votes (55.47%)
Thomas Govan – 2,397 votes (44.53%)

President, Public Service Commission
Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh – 4,408 votes (67.09%)
Robert L. McCollum – 2,162 votes (32.91%)

Chairman, Covington County Commission
Michael Smith – 3,966 votes (55.90%)
Greg White – 3,129 votes (44.10%)

Covington County Commission, Dist. 1
Ben Cooper – 2,525 votes (38.58%)
Ben Courson – 4,020 votes (61.42%)

Covington County Commission, Dist. 2
Steven King – 1,766 votes (28.07%)
Matthew McClellan – 1,431 votes (22.75%)
Robbie Weaver – 3,094 votes (49.18%)
(A runoff will be conducted between Steven King and Robbie Weaver.)

Covington County Commission, Dist. 3
Jimmy Grissett – 2,090 votes (31.29%)
Lynne W. Holmes – 3,166 votes (47.40%)
Larry R. Stallings – 1,423 votes (21.31%)
(A runoff will be conducted between Jimmy Grissett and Lynne W. Holmes.)

Covington County Board of Education, Place 2
Jed Blackwell – 2,013 votes (42.18%)
James L. (Jimmy) Rodgers – 1,833 votes (38.41%)
Ron Yates – 926 votes (19.40%)
(A runoff will be conducted between Jed Blackwell and James L. (Jimmy) Rodgers.)

DEMOCRAT BALLOT

President of the United States of America
Joseph R. Biden Jr. – 363 votes (88.54%)
Dean Phillips – 22 votes (5.37%)
Uncommitted – 25 votes (6.10%)

Presidential Delegates, 1st Congressional District
Jason Fisher – 191 votes (33.16%)
Joseph L. Johnson – 178 votes (30.90%)
Mary Parker – 207 votes (35.94%)

ALL BALLOTS
Statewide Amendment 1 — Related to an amendment to the Alabama State Constitution authorizing the Legislature to sign and transmit local laws or constitutional amendments before the transmission of basic appropriations.
Yes – 3,347 votes (51.19%)
No – 3,191 votes (48.81%)