Official district results
By JARED PUTNAM
Union Sentinel Editor

Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue.

Voters in Union County decided the last of the 2006 school board races on election day, selecting Steve Odom to represent District 2. Odom received 3,408 votes (52.32 percent), edging opponent Janet Hartman who had 3,101 votes (47.61 percent). Julie Barton, unopposed in both the primary and the general election; and Chris Kelley, who defeated his challenger in the primary but was unopposed in the general election, also secured their places on the board for districts 5 and 4 respectively.

A pair of Enotah Judicial Circuit Judge positions were also decided, as Lynn Alderman defeated Rick Stancil and Judge David Barrett won reelection over challenger James Palmour.

Alderman finished with a sizable victory, thanks in part to a strong running in here in her home county. In Union Alderman received 3,570 votes (59.33 percent) while Stancil tallied 2,444 (40.62 percent). The official district totals show that Alderman received 12,255 votes (58.3 percent) while Stancil received 8,750 (41.7 percent).

Judge Barrett found an even more comfortable win, receiving 4,541 votes (73.31 percent) in Union County, compared to Palmour's 1,610 (26.17 percent). The official district results show that Barrett tallied 15,917 votes (73.8 percent) while Palmour received 5,639 (26.2 percent).

District Attorney Stan Gunter also won reelection, receiving 5,528 votes here in Union County. Gunter, who defeated his challenger in the Republican Primary, was unopposed in the general election.

State Representative Charles Jenkins was victorious in his race as well, retaining his position in

the Georgia House as Representative of the 8th District, as Union County carried him to victory over opponent Frank Wheeler.

In Union County Representative Jenkins pulled in 4,190 votes (61.21 percent) compared to Wheeler's 2,652 votes (38.74 percent). The official district totals show Jenkins received a total of 8,920 votes (51.5 percent) while Wheeler received 8,401 (48.5 percent).

"I felt like I was running against the governor and my opponent because my opponent more or less attached himself to the governor pretty closely," said Jenkins, who expressed his appreciation for everyone that

voted for him, especially in Union County. "It carried me almost two to one," said Jenkins. "I just appreciate that my home county did that for me. I think it showed that they have confidence in me."

He added that while he enjoys clean politics, this last campaign had its share of mudslinging. "We had a lot of nasty and dirty stuff during this last campaign that we shouldn't have had," said Jenkins.

"If we're going to get out of this partisan situation we're going to have to start working together and I think that's very important in the well being of our state."