Windham defeats England for county commission seat

Jason Windham defeated incumbent Dan England for Marengo County’s District 2 County Commission seat Tuesday. Windham took 1160 votes to England’s 967. In District 4, incumbent Calvin Martin defeated Emanuel Gary Jr., 1486 to 521.

Lynda P. Joiner defeated a write-in campaign of 569 votes with her 1207 for Marengo County Board of Education District 5.

In unchallenged local elections Greg Griggers received 7965 votes for 17th Judicial Circuit District Attorney, Rayvell Smith received 1328 votes for Marengo County Board of Education District 3, 7th District Rep. Terri Sewell received 7331 votes.

Democratic challenger Ron Crumpton outpaced incumbent Richard Shelby in Marengo County, 5,410 to 5,224. Shelby won statewide.

In the presidential race, Hillary Clinton edged Donald Trump in Marengo County, 5607 to 5224. Gary Johnson received 104 votes, and Jill Stein received 13.

In Marengo County, a total of 11,046 ballots were cast.