Thompson wins Commission race, ESPLOST passes

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Ricky Thompson (I) defeated Alan Moss in the race for Emanuel County Commission District 4 in the November 3 election. Voters also approved the extension of the One Percent Educational Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (ESPLOST).

Thompson received 826 votes to Moss's 481.

The ESPLOST extension passed with 4,507 votes in favor and 2,623 opposed.

Emanuel County voters also weighed in on several statewide and federal races, as well as three proposed constitutional amendments.

Additional election results for Emanuel County are as follows:

U.S. Senate

Mike Collins – 4,774

Jon Ossoff – 2,525

Governor

Rick Jackson – 5,011

Keisha Lance Bottoms – 2,317

Lieutenant Governor

Greg Dolezal – 4,883

Josh McLaurin – 2,378

Secretary of State

Tim Fleming – 4,906

Penny Brown Reynolds – 2,356

Attorney General

Brian Strickland – 4,919

Tanya Miller – 2,385

Commissioner of Agriculture

Tyler Harper – 4,997

Katherine E. Juhan-Arnold – 2,277

Commissioner of Insurance

John King – 4,940

Keisha Sean Whites – 2,328

State School Superintendent

Richard Woods – 4,947

Lydia Powell – 2,325

Commissioner of Labor

Barbara Rivera Holmes – 4,924

Nikki Porcher – 2,328

U.S. House of Representatives – District 12

Rick W. Allen – 4,974

Ceretta Smith – 2,325

State Senate – District 23

Max Burns – 5,001

Shayna Boston – 2,27s

County Commission - District 4

James A. "Jim" Sherrod (Unopposed) – 1,495

County Commission - District 5

Timmy Oliver (Unopposed) – 1,221

Proposed Constitutional Amendments

Amendment 1: Increase the maximum qualifying acreage for assessment and taxation as bona fide conservation property.

Yes – 3,947

No – 2,999

Amendment 2: Provide for the nonpartisan election of all probate court judges.

Yes – 4,805

No – 2,126

Amendment 3: Authorize the creation of the Georgia Next Generation 5-1-1 Fund for the expansion, maintenance and operation of 9-1-1 systems.

Yes – 5,215

No – 1,699