Reynolds tops Quarker for District 5 commission seat
Published 11:38 pm Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Ivey, Maddox win primaries, will face off in general election Nov. 6.
With five of the six precincts counted, Karean Reynolds defeated David Quarker Sr. for the District 5 seat of the Escambia County Commission in the primary election Tuesday.
Reynolds won 572-252, winning 69.42 percent of the vote.
In the governor’s primary, Escambia County voted overwhelmingly for Republican Incumbent Kay Ivey, and for Democrat Walt Maddox. Ivey sealed the GOP nomination with 2,564 votes, or 76.29 percent, while Maddox secured 889 votes, or 52.98 percent.
Here is how the county voted for each party in each office in the primary:
Republican
Lieutenant Governor
Twinkle Cavanaugh – 2,172 votes
Rusty Glover – 559 votes
Will Ainsworth – 411 votes
Attorney General
Troy King – 1,087 votes
Steve Marshall – 936 votes
Chess Bedsole – 606 votes
Alice Martin – 420 votes
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Lyn Stuart – 2,243 votes
Tom Parker – 812 votes
Associate Justice SC No. 1
Sarah Hicks Stewart – 1,130 votes
Brad Mendheim – 963 votes
Debra Jones – 542
Associate Justice SC No. 4
Jay Mitchell – 1,639
John Bahakel – 612 votes
Court of Civil Appeals No. 1
Christy Olinger Edwards – 982 votes
Pat Thetford – 484 votes
Michelle Manley Thomason – 734 votes
Court of Civil Appeals No. 2
Chad Hanson – 1,142 votes
Teri W. Thomas – 1060 votes
Court of Criminal Appeals Judge No. 1
Richard Minor – 1,356 votes
Riggs Walker – 762 votes
Court of Criminal Appeals Judge No. 2
Rich Anderson – 941 votes
Chris McCool – 743 votes
Dennis O’Dell – 463 votes
Court of Criminal Appeals Judge No. 3
Bill Cole – 1,377 votes
Donna Beaulieu – 788 votes
Secretary of State
John Merrill – 1,684 votes
Michael Johnson – 801 votes
State Treasurer
John McMillan – 2,019 votes
Stephen D. Evans – 332 votes
David L. Black – 317 votes
State Auditor
Jim Zeigler – 1,701 votes
Stan Cooke – 725 votes
Elliott Lipinsky – 256 votes
Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries
Rick Pate – 881 votes
Cecil Murphy – 662 votes
Gerald Dial – 461 votes
Tracy Crane – 368 votes
Public Service Commission Place 1
Jim Bonner – 1,656 votes
Jeremy Oden – 888 votes
Public Service Commission Place 2
Chris Beeker Jr. – 1,451 votes
Robin Litaker – 646 votes
Democrat
U.S. Rep. District 1
Robert Kennedy Jr. – 1,416 votes
Lizzetta H. McConnell – 222 votes
Attorney General
Chris Christie – 1,067 votes
Joseph Siegelman – 545 votes
Secretary of State
Heather Milam – 1,087 votes
Lula Albert – 469 votes
Democratic Executive Committee
Female
Hazel J. Lewis – 130 votes
Harriet J. Hubbard – 70 votes
Male
Joseph N. Watson – 958 votes
Jeffery W. Blount – 427 votes1