BREAKING NEWS-Primary Election, 2004
Published 12:00 am Tuesday, June 1, 2004
As of 9:25 p.m., with 31 of 31 polling places reporting, Artur Davis held a decisive advantage over Albert Turner in the race for District 7 U.S. Representative. Davis had 10,644 votes, or 87 percent of the total votes, to Turner’s total of 1540 votes, or 13 percent of the total.
In the Fourth Circuit Judge race, Marvin Wayne Wiggins collected 7,693 votes – 64 percent of the total votes counted – while Farrell McKelvey Wright had 4,300 votes, good for 36 percent of the total counted.
Meanwhile, incumbent Fourth Circuit District Attorney Ed Greene tallied a late rally to take the lead from challenger Michael Jackson.
Greene had 6,544 votes, or 52 percent, while Jackson had garnered 5,973 total votes, or 48 percent of the tally.
One of the closer races of the evening came in the Dallas County District Judge battle, with Bob Armstrong tallying 6,071 votes, or 47 percent. He was followed by Nathaniel Walker’s 4,029 votes, good for 31 percent. Jimmy Nunn collected 2,831 votes, or 22 percent.
Connel “Big Daddy” Towns held a comfortable lead in the race for Dallas County Commissioner in District 1. Towns had 1,997 votes, good for 79 percent of the total, while Barbara Barge had 527 votes, or 21 percent of the tally.
The race for Dallas County Commissioner in District 3 saw Curtis Williams gather 1,586 votes, or 56 percent. Darryl Moore had 1,239 votes, good for 44 percent.
Kim Ballard held a slight edge in the Dallas County Commissioner District 4 race. Ballard had 2,093 votes, or 54 percent, while Larry Nickles collected 1,770 votes, or 46 percent.
The five-county total in the race for 4th Circuit Judge saw Wiggins with 7,414 votes, or 64 percent of the tally. Meanwhile, Wright gathered 4,095 votes, or 36 percent of the total.
In the five-county count for 4th Circuit District Attorney, Greene pulled ahead of Jackson. Greene, the incumbent, had 6,207 votes, or 52 percent. Jackson collected 5,802 votes, or 48 percent of the total.
The district attorney’s seat is still up for bid, as is Fourth Circuit Judge Place 3.
None of these numbers are officials, and reflect the STJ’s best effort to provide up to date information.