Coffee County has been a Republican stronghold for many years. Even as Georgia has moved in a more Democratic direction, Coffee County voters refused to give in and have toed the Republican line.
Local voters didn’t waver in Tuesday’s midterm election. But the rest of the state did.
Republican candidates fared well locally but not so much statewide. Democrats ran roughshod through elections at all levels, creating a seismic shift in Georgia’s politics and, presumably, policy.
You couldn’t, however, tell that from looking at Coffee County’s numbers. Here are how Tuesday’s races went locally.
U.S. Senate: Mike Collins (R) defeated incumbent Jon Ossoff (D) 7339-4486
Governor: Rick Jackson (R) defeated Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) 7744-4119
Lt. Governor: Greg Dolezal (R) defeated Josh McLaurin (D) 7590-4159
Secretary of State: Tim Fleming (R) defeated Penny Brown Reynolds (D) 7641-4134
Attorney General: Brian Strickland (R) defeated Tanya Miller (D) 7688-4140
Commissioner of Agriculture: Incumbent Tyler Harper (R) defeated Katherine E. Juhan-Arnold 7905-3929
Commissioner of Insurance: Incumbent John King (R) defeated Keisha Sean Waites 7703-4090
State School Superintendent: Incumbent Richard Woods (R) defeated Lydia Powell 7710-4101
Commissioner of Labor: Incumbent Barbara Rivera Holmes (R) defeated Nikki Porcher 7658-4099
PSC District 1: Fitz Johnson (R) defeated incumbent Peter Hubbard (D) 7561-4155
PSC District 5: Josh Tolbert (R) defeated Sheila Edwards (D) 7628-4146
U.S. House of Representatives District 8: Incumbent Austin Scott (R) defeated Kelly Esti (D) 7708-4069
State Senate District 19: David Sikes (R) defeated Joshua C. Wilkerson 3409-2367
State House of Representatives District 176: Incumbent James Burchett (R) defeated Marcus T. Ryan (D) 2067-636
In another election to the west, Coffee County resident Matt Day (R) ran against incumbent Sanford Bishop (D) for the U.S. House of Representatives District 2 seat. Rep. Bishop won 138,815-91,196.
Locally, all three constitutional amendments passed.
