Georgia Republicans gave Sen. Johnny Isakson a resounding victory in the state's Republican primary election Tuesday, advancing him toward a third term. Democrats chose Jim Barksdale to run against Isakson in November.
There were no U.S. House or Georgia House or Senate races on the primary ballot, but voters in Brantley, Charlton, Clinch and Ware counties voted on sheriff, and most counties in southeast Georgia will choose candidates for judge, court clerk coroner, county commissions and boards of education.
Brandley County Republican voters defeated incumbent Sheriff Jack Whisenant, who came in fourth in a five-man primary race. The GOP sheriff candidate will be decided in a July 26 runoff between Len Davis and Robert Thomas.
Brantley County voters also defeated an incumbent clerk of court and county commissioner and sent Coronor Richard Rowell and a second county commissioner into runoffs to keep their jobs.
In Glynn County, Superior Court Clerk James Jones came in fifth in a five-candidate race, voted out a board of education member and sent a county commissioner into a runoff.
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