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BY Doug Sanders Jr.
News Correspondent
Pickens County voters followed the Alabama example of overwhelmingly casting their vote for Donald J. Trump to be the 47th President of the United States in the November 5, 2024, General Election. Americans went to the polls last Tuesday to cast their vote for Trump and J. D. Vance to be the next President and Vice President in a bitterly contested race, pitting Trump against Vice President Kamala Harris. With a few votes still to be counted as of Nov. 14, former President Trump won the heated race with 312 electoral votes to Harris’ 226 electoral votes. Alabama overwhelmingly voted for Trump who carried 64.84 percent of the vote in the state.
Trump also carried Pickens County with 5,455 votes (61.3 percent) to Harris’ 3,385 (38.0 percent).
LOCAL RACES
There were several uncontested local races in the Pickens County election, but the biggest contested race was for Superintendent of Education. Republican Shawn McDaniel who won with 5,229 votes (59.1 percent) while Democrat Melinda Little Robinson had 3,536 votes (40.0 percent). In- Incumbent Jamie Chap- man did not seek reelection.
Incumbent Republican Gene Dawkins was reelected to another six- year term to the Pickens County Board of Education for District 1 with 1,135 votes (64.8 percent). The Democratic challenger Robin “Rob” McDougle had 614 votes (35.0 percent).
The other Board of Education races had no party opposition. Incumbent Democrat Frankie Spencer was re-elected to the Board of Education for District 2 with 1,261 votes (78.3 percent). There was a write-in challenge by Charlie Wilson, and there were 349 write-in votes (21.6 percent). Incumbent Republican Sam Wiggins was re-elected for District 3 Board of Education member with 1,787 votes (99.6 percent).
See complete story in the Pickens County Herald.
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