€ Official election results, Page 15.

From Staff Reports

Deputy Sheriff Tim Mitchell and Phillip Smith will meet in the runoff for Webster County sheriff, according to final election results from the Aug. 7 Democratic primary.

The official election recapitulation shows that Smith led the five-man race with 1,180 votes, or 30.34 percent. Mitchell captured second with 1,057 votes, or 27.18 percent. These figures include votes from affidavit ballots that were verified by the county Democratic Executive Committee the day after the first primary.

Third-place finisher Billy Brister trailed Mitchell by only 21 votes.

The runoff winner will face Independent candidate Rocky Mumphrey in the general election.

Others advancing to runoffs in the second primary election were:

€ Mike Adams and Earl Frost, Republican candidates for District 4 supervisor.

€ Doug Burgess and Jeff McMinn, Democratic candidates for District 5 supervisor.

€ Mark Jones and Howard Rodgers, Democratic candidates for District 1 constable.

An elector can only vote in the runoff election of the same party he or she voted in on Aug. 7.