Last week’s general election wound up a busy year for voters in Emanuel County, and the big story was the impressive 68% level of turnout. Of the 14,098 registered voters in Emanuel County, a combined total of 9,662 early voting, election-day voting, and absentee ballots were cast in the November 5, 2024, election. Spurred by a hotly contested Presidential race, voters appeared to prefer the option of advance voting over election-day voting with absentees only accounting for a little more than .03 %. In the Presidential contest, Emanuel County voters preferred Republican Donald Trump by 6,910 votes to 2,669 votes for Democrat Kamala Harris. Republican Rick Allen defeated Democrat candidate Liz Johnson by a total of 6,970 to 2,306. In the Georgia State Senate race, Incumbent Republican Max Burns was victorious with 6,810 votes over Shayna Boston the Democrat challenger who garnered 2,460. In the contest for Georgia State Representative, Republican Butch Parrish defeated Democrat Madeline Ryan Smith by a tally of 7,169 to 2,097. In the race for District 5 of the Emanuel County Board of Education, Elizabeth DeVane defeated K.E. McNeal by a tally of 530 to 351. The District 6 Board of Education race resulted in the victory of Jeanette Harden with 548 votes over Tiffany Tillman Foster with 429.
Uncontested races on the ballot conferred final victory for the office of District Attorney, Trip Fitzner; Clerk of Superior Court, Kristin Cannady Hall; Sheriff, Jeffrey Brewer; Tax Commissioner, Jessica Moran; Coroner, Jeffrey Peebles; Solicitor General, Cindy Delgado; District 1 County Commissioner, Kwame Coleman; District 3 County Commissioner, John (Johnny) Moore.
In Proposed Constitutional Amendments, Amendment 1 received 5,607 yes votes over 3,272 no votes cast. Proposed Constitutional Amendment 2 received 4,445 no votes over 4,323 yes votes. The Statewide Referendum Question A received 5,131 yes votes over 3,851 no votes.
