County commission
District 3
Steve Mason 1,153
Lillie Smart Brown 863
District 5
Phil Kieffer 2,184
Delmons White 701
Board of Education
District 1
Eddie Tomberlin 1,282
Nina Dasher 843
District 4
James Dasher 656
Mose Mock 1,880
Georgia General Assembly
House of Representatives
District 157 (Effingham County totals)
Jon Burns 3,409
Elizabeth Johnson 1,052
District 159 (Effingham County totals)
Ann Purcell 6,978
Tawana Garrett 1,242
U.S. House of Representatives, District 12 (Effingham County totals)
John Barrow 3,886
Ray McKinney 8,863
Statewide offices (Effingham County totals)
U.S. Senate
Johnny Isakson 9,854
Michael Thurmond 2,369
Chuck Donovan 369
Governor
Nathan Deal 9,098
Roy Barnes 2,888
John Monds 679
Lieutenant Governor
Casey Cagle 9,424
Carol Porter 2,789
Dan Barber 455
Eddie Tomberlin held off a challenge from Nina Dasher to retain his District 1 school board, and Mose Mock was swept into office with an overwhelming victory over District 4 incumbent James Dasher.
In the two contested county commission races, Phil Kieffer took the District 5 seat, outpolling Delmons White 3 to 1, and Steve Mason beat Lillie Brown for the open District 3 post.
Effingham voters also approved the renewal of the special purpose local option sales tax and the E-SPLOST.
Incumbents Jon Burns and Ann Purcell also handily won re-election to the state House of Representatives.
Effingham voted heavily in favor of Ray McKinney for the U.S. House District 12 seat, but the Effingham County High School alum fell short in his bid to unseat incumbent John Barrow.
Turnout was more than 45 percent for the off-year election.
For more, see Friday’s edition of the Effingham Herald.