The following are final election results from local contested races.

Polk County Sheriff

Kelly McLendon (D), 8,176

Jack Goss (R), 5,620



District Attorney

Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit

Robert (Bobby) Brooks (R), 15,298 (8,415 in Polk County, 6,883 in Haralson);

David L. Smith (D), 8,544 (4,948 in Polk, 3,596 in Haralson)

Polk County Board

of Education, District 4

Stanley Hooper (R), 654

John Stone (D), incumbent, 1,022

Polk County Board

of Education, District 5

Tara Reilly O’Neal (R), 1,081

Doug Bentley (D), 853

Polk County Board

of Education, District 8

Andrew A. Fairel (R), incumbent, 908

Harold Lumpkin (D), 849

Polk County Board

of Education, District 9

Frank Plant (R), 611

Jerry Elrod Baldwin (D), incumbent, 622

Charles “Chuck” Thaxton, independent, 606

County Commissioner, District 1

Cleve Hartley (D), 7,787.

Note: Republican candidate Phillip Bentley withdrew from the race prior to the election. Although his name remained on the ballot, notices were posted at precincts to inform voters that he was no longer a candidate, and votes for him would not be counted.

County Commissioner,

District 2

Ricky Clark (R), 6,850

Charles Baldwin (D), 6,322

County Commissioner,

District 3

Larry Lamar Reynolds (R), 6,893

Harold McDurmon (D), 6,168