As of press time Tuesday night, the race for the 4th Judicial District Attorney was separated by just over 100 votes, according to unofficial numbers supplied to the STJ.

With all five counties reporting unofficial totals, incumbent Ed Greene trailed attorney Michael Jackson by approximately 118 votes with possibly some absentee and provisional ballots still to be counted.

Greene took Dallas County, 6,544 to 5,978.

However, Jackson won Perry County 2,125 to 1,588.

Greene led in Bibb County with 1,157 votes, while Jackson only received 589 votes.

In Hale County, reporting 15 of 16 districts, Jackson was the winner with around 2,012 votes, with Greene trailing not far behind at around 1,737 votes.

In Wilcox County, Jackson was the clear winner with 2,006 votes, but Greene was close behind with around 1,602 votes.

The atmosphere at Jackson’s election celebration at the Performing Arts Centre was nervous but upbeat.

Jackson supporter Queen Tate said she was confident Jackson would come out on top.

“It’s been exciting, it’s been a lot of rushing,” she said. “We’re nervous be we know he’s going to win.”

Greene, seeking his second six-year term, trailed early in the day in Dallas County, but the later ballot boxes gave him the unofficial win in the district’s biggest county.

“The race is very tight.

I feel like we worked hard,” he said. “I hope to be successful.”

Jackson, who could not be reached for comment, is a former judge.

His campaign picked up steam when he received support from Jesse Jackson in March.

“I’ve been working with Michael Jackson really close,” Tate said. “It’s been exciting waiting for the polls.”

Greene took time to thank his supporters at his rally at the Lion’s Club.

“I want to thank everybody for their time, spending their weekends and evenings on this campaign,” he said. “I’m very pleased with the large amount of support. I have a good office.”

As the race grew later into the night with no official word from Wilcox County, the Greene camp looked more and more concerned. However, many of his supports said they were not leaving until the last vote was counted.

“This has been a job well done, now we’re just waiting on the vote,” Greene said.

Word from Wilcox came at nearly midnight on Tuesday.

This was Greene’s third term in the District Attorney’s Office and his second time to seek re-election.

The incumbent was first appointed to his position by former Gov. Fob James after the previous district attorney died in office. After a few months, Greene was up for election and won.

Greene has plenty of experience as a prosecutor for the district attorney’s office, serving as assistant district attorney from 1975 until his appointment by Fob James.

“Right now, all I now is I’m employed until January, not matter how we do,” Greene said.