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Election update - 10 p.m.

The unofficial count with all precincts reporting shows that the sheriff’s, County Commission District 3 and Board of Education District 3 races will go into a runoff. Meanwhile, a Board of Education incumbent has been unseated.

In the sheriff’s race, incumbent Donny Turner will face James Woodruff in a runoff for the Republican ballot. Woodruff more votes than Turner in the race.

In the County Commission race, Tripp Foster and Ellen Gilmore will be in a runoff to secure the Republican candidacy for District 3. Each took less than 25 percent of the crowded Republican ticket.

In the Board of Education, candidate Dariel Daniel and incumbent Sheila Rowe will go into a runoff to determine the District 3 seat.

Also in the Board of Education, board member John Darden lost to challenger Ashley Adams by less than 200 votes. Darden has served on the board for 18 years.

The unofficial results as of 9:45 p.m. follow:

Troup County Sheriff: Runoff*

Republican:

Donny Turner (I)……….. 4,364 (44.13 percent)*

James Woodruff ……..4,422 (44.72 percent)*

Danny Harrington……1,103

Democrat:

Ruben Hairston……… 2,234

Troup County Commission District 3: Runoff*

Republican:

Ashley McCoy ……..514

Ellen Gilmore………647 (22.07 percent)*

Tim Duffey…………..423

Tripp Foster…………725 (24.73 percent)*

Lewis C. Davis Jr…..623

Democrat:

Deedee Williams ..450

Troup County Commission District 2:

Republican:

Buck Davis (I)…………..1,636 (50.2 percent)

Ken Ragan…………….469

Mike Freeland……….1,154

Democrat:

William Herndon…..415

Troup County Commission District 4:

Morris Jones (I)…………..2,573

Troup County Tax Commissioner:

Gary Wood (I)…………….5,120

Ken Boatwright…………4,707

Troup County Solicitor General:

Nina Markette Baker (I)..6,233

Jeff Shattuck……………3,251

Clerk of the Superior Court:

Jackie Taylor (I)……………8,481

State Court Judge:

Jeanette L. Little (I)……….10,982

Probate Court Judge:

Donald Boyd (I)……………..8,503

Larry Harris………………3,598

Troup County Board of Education District 2:

Dianne J. Matthews (I)……………..988

Frank E. Barnes Jr………………..958

Troup County Board of Education District 3: Runoff*

Sheila D. Rowe (I)……………..875 (46.64 percent)*

Dariel Daniel………………..787 (41.95 percent)*

June Hogan………………….211

Troup County Board of Education District 5:

Debbie Burdette (I)……………..1,324

Thomas A. Callaway………..705

Troup County Board of Education District 6:

John G. Darden (I)……………..748

Ashley J. Adams……………..970

TSPLOST

Yes……………………………3,899

No……………………………..8,590

For the latest local election results check back with lagrangenews.com, pick up Wednesday’s edition of LaGrange Daily News, or click here for the Georgia Secretary of State’s website.