GILMER COMMISSIONER KENNEDY RE-ELECTED - Gilmer Strikes Down Sunday Hunting

(05/14/2014)
Gilmer County Commissioner Brian Kennedy kept his seat on Tuesday, fending off challenger Reta Knight, of Glenville, in the Democratic primary.

Kennedy got 470 votes to 409 for Knight. No Republicans filed for the office.

There were three open seats on the Gilmer County Board of Education and three candidates. Incumbents Tom Ratliff and Carl L. Armour had 776 and 453 votes, respectively. Norma Hurley, of Normantown, received 520 votes.

Gilmer County voters struck down a measure that would have allowed Sunday hunting. Results show 571 voted against the measure, while 541 were in support.