2007.11.06
It's nail-biting time in Franklin County sheriff's race
With 19 of 24 precincts reporting, the four-way Franklin County Sheriff's Office appears destined to go down to the wire, with Republican front runner Ewell Hunt leading Democrat Bill Overton by just 206 votes.
As Franklin County voting totals have been read out in the board of supervisors meeting room, onlookers have sucked in their breath as each number brings the race closer. Hunt, a lieutenant in the Sheriff's Office, is battling it out with Capt. Billy Overton, the son of hugely popular Sheriff W.Q. "Quint" Overton, who is retiring.
In the Franklin County Circuit Court Clerk's race, Teresa Brown, endorsed by retiring clerk Alice Hall, has beaten Jackie Brubaker by wide margins in every precinct.
Edward Jamison has won the three way contest to replace Carl Dudley as the school board member for the Blue Ridge District. Dudley vacated the post to run for Franklin County Board of Supervisors.
