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Photo by Jon Anderson.
Tommy Battle walks away from the polling place on Tuesday, June 5, with his father, who is a Hoover resident and holding his thumb up.
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Photo by Jon Anderson.
Pictured are Hoover residents going to vote in the primaries on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, at the Hoover Recreation Center.
Jefferson County Results
*(numbers based on 174 of 175 precincts reporting)
In Jefferson County, about 25 percent of registered voters turned out to the polls for primary elections on June 5, according to information from the Jefferson County Probate Court, in order to select candidates who will be on the November ballot.
Steve Ammons and Jack Williams faced off for the Republican nomination for the Jefferson County Commission Place 5, with no Democratic candidate qualifying. Ammons, a former Vestavia Hills City Council member, won the nomination with 62.23 percent of the vote.
In other races, while there was no qualifying Republican candidate, the Democratic candidates with the top two votes will face off in a runoff election on July 17. Democratic primary races going to a runoff include Jefferson County District Court Judge Place 3 and Place 9, Jefferson County Birmingham Division Circuit Clerk and Jefferson County Sheriff.
Jefferson County Commission Place 5 (Republican primary, no Democratic candidate)
- Steve Ammons: 7,975 - 62.23%
- Jack Williams: 4,840 - 37.77%
Jefferson County Sheriff
Republican:
- Mike Hale (I)
Democrat:
- Wallace Anger, Jr.: 11,391 - 18.5%
- Heath Boackle: 8,089 - 13.14%
- Wilson Hale: 15,771 - 25.61%
- Mark Pettway: 26,331 - 42.76%
Jefferson County District Court Judge
Place 3:
Republican:
- Davis Lawley
Democrat:
- Frederic Bolling: 8,154 - 18.53%
- Clotele Hardy Brantley: 8,929 - 20.3%
- Pamela Wilson Cousins: 9,439 - 21.46%
- Stephanie Hunter: 6,063 - 13.78%
- Lashunta White-Boler: 11,408 - 25.93%
Place 6: Democrat - Katrina Ross (I)
Place 8: Democrat - Alan Summers (I)
Place 9 (Democratic primary, no Republican candidate)
- Kechia Davis: 15,966 - 36.09%
- Glenda Freeman: 5,784 - 13.08%
- Debra Weston-Pickens: 13,823 - 31.25%
- Sheila Weil: 4,730 - 10.69%
- Lou Willie: 4,730 - 8.89%
Place 11:
Republican:
- Jill Ganus (I)
Democrat:
- Chuantae Brown: 5,848 - 35.06%
- Horace Kynard: 2,209 - 13.24%
- Thomas Thrash: 8,625 - 51.7%
Place 12 (Democratic primary, no Republican candidate)
- Amyrtle Allen: 6,233 - 38.21%
- Lorraine Williams-Pringle (I): 10,081 - 61.79%
Jefferson County 10th Circuit Court Judge
Place 1: Democrat - Joseph L. Boohaker (I)
Place 5: Democrat - David Carpenter (I)
Place 6: Democrat - Don Blankenship (I)
Place 7: Democrat - Tracie A. Todd (I)
Place 8:
Republican:
- Tracey Crisan McDonald
Democrat:
- Marshell Jackson Hatcher - 55.18%
- Brian Plant - 44.82%
Place 9: Democrat - Jim Hughey, III (I)
Place 13: Democrat - Carole C. Smitherman (I)
Place 15 (Democratic primary, no Republican candidate)
Democrat:
- Patricia Ann Stephens: 32,799 - 73.88%
- Damon Watson: 11,595 - 26.12%
Place 16:
Republican:
- Teresa T. Pulliam (I)
Democrat:
- Peter Johnson Davis: 14,544 - 33.61%
- Linda Hall: 28,733 - 66.39%
Place 18 (Democratic primary, no Republican candidate)
- Raymond Pearson Chambliss (I): 20,100 - 44.86%
- Janine Hunt-Hilliard: 24,706 - 55.14%
Place 27:
Republican:
- Leslie Schiffman Moore
Democrat:
- Amber Ladner: 16,034 - 36.34%
- Alaric May: 28,083 - 63.66%
Jefferson County District Attorney - Circuit 10
Republican:
- Mike Anderton (I): 17,092 - 59.85%
- Bill Veitch: 11,465 - 40.15%
Democrat:
- Danny Carr: 34,747 - 78.24%
- Raymond Johnson, Jr.: 9,666 - 21.76%
Jefferson County Probate Judge
Place 1:
Republican:
- John Tindle
Democrat:
- Alan King (I): 35,232 - 57.34%
- Everett W. Wess: 26,208 - 42.66%
Place 2 (Democratic primary, no Republican candidate)
- Sherri Coleman Friday: 31,375 - 50.5%
- Willie Florence: 5,201 - 8.37%
- Jameria Moore: 25,548 - 41.12%
Jefferson County Circuit Clerk
Republican:
- Philip Brown
Democrat:
- Jackie Anderson-Smith: 11,004 - 25.18%
- Sarah Conkle: 2,372 - 5.43%
- Cheri Adams Gardner: 5,856 - 13.4%
- Venetta Lee: 6,162 - 14.1%
- Stephanie Muhammad: 3,408 - 7.8%
- Thomas Parchman, III: 2,022 - 4.63%
- Eyrika Parker: 7,318 - 16.75%
- Elizabeth McGowen Watkins: 2,516 - 5.76%
- Ralph Young: 3,044 - 6.97%
Jefferson County Deputy Circuit Clerk (Democratic primary, no Republican candidate)
- Karen Dunn Berks (I): 10,382 - 64.15%
- Lakitia Hall-Wright: 5,803 - 35.85%
Legislature
Alabama House of Representatives
District 43:
- Republican: Arnold Mooney
- Democrat: Carin Mayo
District 45
Republican:
- Dickie Drake (I): 3,339 - 55.93%
- Ted Crockett: 2,631 - 44.07%
Democrat:
- Jenn Gray
District 47
- Republican: David Wheeler
- Democrat: Jim Toomey
District 48
Republican:
- Jim Carns (I): 4,552 - 76.56%
- William Wentowski: 1,394 - 23.44%
Democrat:
- Alli Summerford
District 56
Democrat:
- Louise "Lulu" Alexander (I)- 4,069 - 56.21%
- Chester W. Porter - 3,170 - 43.79%
Alabama Senate
District 14
- Republican: Cam Ward
- Democrat: Jerry McDonald
District 15
- Republican: Dan Roberts
- Democrat: Laura Casey
District 16
- Republican: Jabo Waggoner
- Democrat: Lindsey Deckard
Shelby County results
*based on 44 of 45 precincts reporting
Shelby County Superintendent (Republican primary, no Democratic candidate)
- Kristi Sayers: 12,259 - 49.26%
- Lewis Brooks: 12,626 - 50.74%
Shelby County Board of Education
Place 1 (Republican primary, no Democratic candidate):
- Jimmy Bice (I): 11,637 - 71.01%
- Bragan Feldman: 4,750 - 28.99%
- Courtney Kalnoske: 5,378 - 32.82%
Shelby County Sheriff (Republican primary, no Democratic candidate)
- John Samaniego (I): 18,639 - 69.99%
- Kenneth Lynn Bailey: 7,992 - 30.01%
Shelby County Probate Judge (Republican primary, no Democratic candidate)
- Allison Boyd: 14,147 - 71.19%
- Joe Starnes: 5,724 - 28.81%
- Stella Tipton: 3,341 - 16.81%
Shelby County Circuit Court Judge-Place 2 (Republican primary, no Democratic candidate)
- Julie Palmer: 3,921 - 16.2%
- Nicole Saia: 4,064 - 16.79%
- Patrick Franklin: 2,099 - 8.67%
- Patrick Kennedy: 9,505 - 39.27%
- Phillip Bahakel: 4,615 - 19.07%
Shelby County Circuit Clerk (Republican primary, no Democratic candidate)
- Mary Harris (I): 13,638 - 58.72%
- Sharon Cooper: 9,587 - 41.28%
Shelby County Coroner (Republican primary, no Democratic candidate)
- Lina Evans (I): 13,200 - 57.8%
- David Warren: 9,637 - 42.2%