Oconee County Republicans Maintain Dominance In Tuesday Votes

Oconee County Republicans gave little ground in the elections on Tuesday, holding at 70 percent of the vote in most of the national, state and local elections.

Donald Trump got 65.9 percent of the vote in the county, down from 67.4 four years ago. And Joseph Biden got 32.4 percent of the vote, up from the 28.0 percent of Hillary Clinton in 2016.

But Oconee County gave 72.2 percent of its vote to incumbent Republican Board of Commissioners Chair John Daniell, 71.6 percent of its vote to incumbent Republican Tim Burgess in the race for Post 4 on the Board of Education, and 70.4 to Republican Michael Ransom in the Board of Education Post 5 race.

County voters split their vote between two Republicans in the special election for Board of Commissioners Post 3, but winner Amrey Harden, received 52.7 percent of the vote and Aaron Nowak got 21.0 percent. Democratic challenger Jacob Doulliez got 26.3 percent of the vote.

The only Democrat to nearly make it to 30 percent in a county race was Joan Parker in the Post 5 Board of Education race. Parker got 29.6 percent of the voter.

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