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District Attorney candidate Donna Sikes attacked her two opponents relentless during the Primary campaign and Tuesday night, it appeared her strategy had an impact. Sikes led the three person race with a cumulative 5,129 votes and will be in a runoff with former Assistant District Attorney Brad Smith, who garnered 4,820 votes.

Incumbent Rick Bridgeman, who was appointed to the post last year by the governor after the resignation of disgraced DA Tim Madison, finished last in the race with 4,666 votes.

Smith pushed past Bridgeman for the runoff by carrying Barrow County with 60 percent of the vote. Although Bridgeman had garnered the most votes in Jackson and Banks counties, it wasn’t enough to overcome Smith’s large win in Barrow.

Sikes made her ground by hanging very close to Bridgeman in both Banks and Jackson counties and by besting him in Barrow County by 600 votes.

Donna Sikes
Barrow 1,974
Jackson 2,117
Banks 1,038
Total 5,129

Brad Smith
Barrow 2,891
Jackson 1,481
Banks 448
Total 4,820

Rick Bridgeman
Barrow 1,366
Jackson 2,217
Banks 1,083
Total 4,666

(NOTE: Due to the massive number of hits on our server Tuesday night, these websites were down until about 10:45 p.m. We apologize for the delay in getting these results posted.)