Members of the Carter County Election Commission voted Monday morning to certify the results from the recent County Primary Election and forward those results on to the state.

During the discussion on the recent election, members of the Election Commission asked Carter County Administrator of Elections Tracy Harris about voter turnout, which she said was around 29 percent for the May Primary. That level of turnout is “about average” for a County Primary Election, according to Harris.

“There will be more voting in the General Election in August,” Harris said. “People don’t understand how important the Primary is. They figure ‘I’ll just vote in the General,’ but their person may not make it to the General.”

The Election Commission also voted to certify the list of candidates who qualified to run as independents in the August County General Election.

Among the independent candidates qualifying for the August ballot are those seeking election to four seats on the Carter County Board of Education. Those races do not appear on the Primary Election ballot because the Board of Education is a non-partisan election.

Several of those seeking county offices that won the Republican Primary on May 1 will be moving on to the August 2 General Election unopposed while others will be facing challenges in the second round.

Below is a listing of the election results approved Monday morning by the Carter County Election Commission along with notations regarding any challenges in the August General Election.

Carter County Mayor

Rusty Barnett – 3,680

Leon Humphrey – 2,955

Larry Shell – 615

Danny Ward – 2,236

Barnett won the Republican nomination and will be unopposed in the General Election.

Carter County Sheriff

Rocky Croy – 4,174

Dexter Lunceford – 5,209

Lunceford won the Republican nomination and will face Independent candidate Steve Stevenson in the General Election.

County Trustee

Randal Lewis – 8,321

Lewis won the Republican nomination and will face Independent candidate Walter Andrews in the General Election.

Circuit Court Clerk

Johnny Blankenship – 7,876

Blankenship won the Republican nomination and will be unopposed in the General Election.

County Clerk

Mary Gouge – 5,918

Patsy Lewis – 1,773

Bruce Pierce – 1,738

Gouge won the Republican nomination and will be unopposed in the General Election.

Register of Deeds

Jarrod “J” Ellis – 4,560

Jessica Barnett Markland – 3,208

Adam Townsend – 1,572

Ellis won the Republican nomination and will be unopposed in the General Election.

Road Superintendent

Roger Colbaugh – 7,938

Colbaugh won the Republican nomination and will be unopposed in the General Election.

County Commission District 1

Robert Acuff – 799

Mark Blevins – 753

Willie Campbell – 848

Steve Stenstream – 603

Acuff, Blevins, and Campbell won the Republican nominations and will be unopposed in the General Election.

County Commission District 2

Nancy Brown – 637

Derrick Guinn – 483

Mike Hill – 536

Al Meehan – 369

Patty Woodby – 723

Brown, Hill, and Woodby won the Republican nominations and will face Independent candidate James Boone in the General Election where the top three vote getters will garner seats on the Commission.

County Commission District 3

Phillip Brumit – 613

Bradley Johnson – 662

Ronnie Trivett – 698

Brumit, Johnson, and Trivett won the Republican nominations and will face Independent candidate Charles VonCannon in the General Election where the top three vote getters will garner seats on the Commission.

County Commission District 4

Isaiah Grindstaff – 686

Austin Jaynes – 564

Jerry Proffitt – 851

Michael Roberts – 469

Grindstaff, Jaynes, and Proffitt won the Republican nominations and will be unopposed in the General Election.

County Commission District 5

Ross Garland – 488

Ginger Holdren – 423

Layla Ward – 340

Garland, Holdren, and Ward won the Republican nominations and will face Independent candidates Kevin Arnold and Edward Jordan in the General Election where the top three vote getters will garner seats on the Commission.

County Commission District 6

Gary Bailey – 599

Donnie Cable – 545

Travis Hill – 618

Randall Jenkins – 659

Bailey, Hill, and Jenkins won the Republican nominations and will face Independent candidate John Lewis in the General Election where the top three vote getters will garner seats on the Commission.

County Commission District 7

Aaron Frazier – 837

Frazier won the Republican nomination and will face Independent candidates Sonja Culler and Ray Lyons in the General Election where the top three vote getters will garner seats on the Commission.

County Commission District 8

Myles Cook – 296

Robin McKamey – 530

Cody McQueen – 447

Rick Richardson – 613

McKamey, McQueen, and Richardson won the Republican nominations and will face Independent candidate Kelly Collins in the General Election where the top three vote getters will garner seats on the Commission.

Constable District 1

Gary Perry – 774

Larry Perry – 847

Ronald Reed – 562

Gary Perry and Larry Perry won the Republican nominations. No independent candidates qualified for the General Election but so far two individuals have certified as write-in candidates for that election — Samuel Myers and Ronald Reed.

Constable District 2

Paul Birchfield – 317

Barney Brown – 223

Julie Guinn – 701

Leonard Johnson – 334

Brian Keener – 99

Dewayne Sabisch – 133

John Thompson – 206

Guinn and Johnson won the Republican nominations and will be unopposed in the General Election.

Constable District 3

Scotty Hall – 513

Jerry Miller – 529

Scott Whaley – 570

Miller and Whaley won the Republican nominations and will be unopposed in the General Election.

Constable District 4

Jason Jones – 463

Roger Lunceford – 255

Bryan Russell – 510

Harvey Shaffer – 718

Russell and Shaffer won the Republican nominations and will be unopposed in the General Election.

Constable District 5

Mark Carrier – 422

Larry Presnell – 446

Carrier and Presnell won the Republican nominations. No independent candidates qualified for the General Election but so far one individual has certified as write-in candidates for that election – Timothy Hopson.

Constable District 6

John Henson – 904

Bobbie Trivette – 833

Henson and Trivette won the Republican nominations. No independent candidates qualified for the General Election but so far one individual has certified as write-in candidates for that election – Jonathan Potter.

Constable District 7

Seth Babb – 622

Kenneth Potter – 830

Babb and Potter won the Republican nominations and will be unopposed in the General Election.

Constable District 8

Dave Ryan – 793

Write-in David Campbell – 3

Ryan won the Republican nomination and will be unopposed in the General Election.