Republican Shannon Whitfield ran away with the three-way race for Walker County sole commissioner.
He was far ahead of veteran incumbent Bebe Heiskell and Independent Perry Lamb.
It was:
Whitfield 16,959
Lamb 3,435
Heiskell 2,911
Ms. Heiskell, who in prior years ran as a Republican, chose the Independent route this time.
A focus of the race was the Walker County debt, including a looming amount owed to Erlanger Health System for its operation of Hutcheson Medical Center at Fort Oglethorpe.