In the Tuesday, March 5th Primary election, 2,047 people voted in Greene County, with 1,829 (90%) voting Democratic and 215 (10%) voting Republican. This was a relatively low turnout election for Greene County.
In the most contested local race, District Attorney Gregg Griggers won the Democratic nomination for the 17th Judicial Circuit position, currently held by Judge Eddie Hardaway, who was age limited from running and required to retire.
In Greene County, Griggers received 1,061 (61%) votes to 682 (39%) for Attorney Rob Lee. In the three-county district (Greene, Sumter, and Marengo) Griggers polled 4,940 (64%) to 2,799 (36%) for Rob Lee. In Sumter County, Lee won by a margin of 976 (51%) to 945 (49%) for Griggers. In Marengo County, Griggers received 2,934 (72%) to 1,141 (28%) for Lee.
In the Greene County Democratic Primary for President, Joe Biden led with 1,458 (87%) to 78 votes for Dean Phillips and 140 votes for Uncommitted. Joe Biden also won the state’s Democratic delegates.
In the Republican Presidential Primary, in Greene County, Donald Trump led with 191 (91%) to 17 for Nikki Haley and 3 for Uncommitted.
Trump won the state of Alabama by more than 80% of the votes.
In Greene County, incumbent U. S. Representative Terri Sewell won the Democratic nomination by 1,623 (94%) of the votes to 105 for challenger Chris Davis. Sewell was also nominated district wide for her Congressional position. She will be running against Christian Horn who won the Republican nomination against Robin Litaker.
For Statewide Amendment No. 1, allowing the Alabama Legislature to vote on local bills before the budget is completed, won by 1,056 (61%) to 690 (39%) in Greene County but lost narrowly statewide (50.8% to 49.2%) in unofficial returns available this morning.
In the new 2nd District Congressional race, there will be a run-off on April 16, 2024, in both the Democratic and Republican parties. In the Democratic Primary, Shomari Figures leads with 24,825 (44%) votes to 12,774 (22%) for Anthony Daniels, out of a total of 57,129 votes cast. Figures and Daniels will be in the Democratic runoff.
In the Republican Primary, out of 56,968 votes cast, Dick Brewbaker led with 22,556 (40%) votes to 15,075 (27%) for Caroleen Dobson. They will meet in the Republican runoff.
It is interesting to note that Democrats received only 161 more total votes in this race than the Republican field. Despite the victory in re-districting this Alabama 2nd Congressional District, to allow for a Black Democrat to win, the district will be highly contested through the November General Election and whoever wins the primaries will need to keep campaigning to win in November.