May 3, 2022
By: Dwayne Page
Incumbents Jenny Trapp in the Third District and Jerry Adcock in the Fifth District were unseated in their bids for re-election to the DeKalb County Commission in Tuesday’s primary elections.
Former County Commissioner Jack Barton earned 111 votes, while Susannah Cripps Daughtry garnered 110 votes to defeat Trapp, who had 97 total votes in the DeKalb County Democratic Primary. Barton and Daughtry will move on to face Republican Tim Perricone and Independent Tony Luna in the August General Election, with two to be elected. Perricone received 217 complimentary votes in the DeKalb GOP Primary Tuesday
Meanwhile, Larry Green led the Fifth District ballot with 173 votes, while Glynn Merriman tallied 149 votes to unseat incumbent Jerry Adcock in the Republican Primary. Adcock finished third with 118 total votes, while Steve Merriman, Sr. had 79 votes and Joshua Holloway finished with 68. Green and Merriman will be unopposed in the August General Election and will be the new representatives from the Fifth District on the DeKalb County Commission.
Greg Matthews and Tony “Cully” Culwell were winners in the DeKalb Republican Primary for the County Commission in the Fourth District. Matthews had 192 votes and Culwell 166. Dan Delacruz came in third place with 86 votes. Matthews and Culwell will face Democratic incumbent Janice Fish-Stewart and Independent candidate and former commissioner Wayne Cantrell in the August 4th General Election. Stewart received 150 complimentary votes in the DeKalb Democratic Primary Tuesday.
All other county commission candidates were unopposed in their respective primaries on Tuesday. Here are the results:
First District: Incumbent Julie Williams Young received 73 votes in the Democratic Primary while Tom Chandler got 159 and Bennett Armstrong 123 votes in the Republican Primary. All three will be on the General Election ballot on August 4th along with Independent candidate Daniel Cripps. Two are to be elected
Second District: Incumbent Myron Rhody garnered 103 votes in the Democratic Primary while Incumbent Sabrina Farler received 249 votes and Jim Pearson 183 in the Republican Primary. All three will be on the ballot in August. Two will be elected.
Sixth District: Incumbent Jeff Barnes got 115 votes and Danny McGinnis 77 in the Democratic Primary while Justin Douglas Adcock received 188 votes and Doug Stephens 140 in the Republican Primary. All four will be on the ballot in August. Two will be elected.
Seventh District: Incumbent Bruce Malone received 130 votes and Tim Reynolds 136 in the Republican Primary. Incumbent Beth Pafford garnered 103 votesin the Democratic Primary. All three will be on the ballot in August. Two will be elected.
Board of Education races are as follows:
First District-No Democratic or Republican candidates. Incumbent Danny Parkerson will be seeking re-election unopposed as an Independent candidate in the August General Election.
Second District: Incumbent Alan Hayes received 333 complimentary votes in the GOP Primary Tuesday. He was unopposed and will be without opposition in the August General Election
Third District: Incumbent Jim Beshearse got 292 votes running unopposed in the Republican Primary and he will be without opposition in the August Election.
Fourth District: Eric Ervin received 258 votes unopposed in the GOP Primary Tuesday while Scott Little had 149 votes unopposed in the Democratic Primary. Independent candidate Tony Poss will join them on the August election ballot and the winner will succeed Incumbent Kate Miller who did not seek re-election.
Seventh District: Ryan Mollinet got 204 votes running unopposed in the GOP Primary. He will face Incumbent Shaun Tubbs in the August General Election. Tubbs is running as an Independent.