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2012 Election Results
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County Commission
Chairman at-large
Franklin Goldwire (D)    7,307
Wendall Kessler (R)    12,669


District 1
Robert Brantley (D) (I)    903
Forrest Floyd (R)    2,806


U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
District-wide
Jack Kingston (R) (I)    156,958
Lesli Rae Messinger    92,173
Effingham County
Jack Kingston (R) (I)    10,098
Lesli Rae Messinger    2,301


District 12
District-wide
Lee Anderson    119,671
John Barrow (D) (I)    138,841
Effingham County
Lee Anderson    4,492
John Barrow (D) (I)    3,353


Amendment 1
Charter school
State-wide
Yes    2,162,283
No    1,531,451
Effingham County
Yes    10,642
No    9,184


Amendment 2
State multi-year leases
State-wide
Yes    2,251,683
No    1,279,654
Effingham County
Yes    12,188
No    6,707


President of the United States
State-wide
Barack Obama (D) (I)    1,758,852
Mitt Romney (R)    2,065,810
Gary Johnson (L)    44,985
Effingham County
Barack Obama (D) (I)    4,491
Mitt Romney (R)    15,591
Gary Johnson (L)    247


State Senate District 4
District-wide
Jack Hill (R) (I)    48,077
Effingham County
Jack Hill (R) (I)    17,492


State House District 159
District-wide
Jon Burns (R) (I)    15,821
Effingham County
Jon Burns (R) (I)    7,349


State House District 161
District-wide
Bill Hitchens (R)    9,953
Effingham County
Bill Hitchens (R)    3,190


Ogeechee Judicial Circuit District Attorney
District-wide
Richard Mallard (R) (I)    41,578
Effingham County
Richard Mallard (R) (I)    17,007


Uncontested races
Sheriff
Jimmy McDuffie    17,867

Superior Court clerk
Elizabeth Hursey (D) (I)    15,325


Probate Court judge
Beth Rahn Mosley (I)    5,448


Magistrate Court judge
Scott Hinson (I)    5,416


Tax commissioner
Linda McDaniel (R) (I)    17,575


Coroner
David Exley (R) (I)    17,574


County Commission District 1
Reggie Loper (R) (I)    3,011