May 1, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
Four candidates for county wide offices ran unopposed in Tuesday’s DeKalb County Democratic Primary and two of them will not have an opponent in the General Election on August 2.
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County Clerk James L. (Jimmy) Poss led the ticket with 2,060 votes Tuesday and will be re-elected to a second term without opposition in August.
Register of Deeds Jeff McMillen received 2,017 complimentary votes Tuesday and will be unopposed in August enroute to his 9th term.
Michael Agee ran unopposed Tuesday for the Democratic nomination for Sheriff and received 1,182 votes. He will try to unseat Republican Incumbent Sheriff Patrick Ray in August. Ray is seeking his 4th term.
Jimmy Sprague is looking to become the next Road Supervisor. He ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination Tuesday with 1,933 votes. He will face Republican challenger Danny Hale in August. Incumbent Republican Road Supervisor Butch Agee is not seeking re-election this year.
A total of 2,514 people voted in the Primary including 1,293 on election day and 1,221 during early voting/absentee.